New York, NY, July 12, 2009 –Model, Actress, Blogger, Entertainment Titan Christina Mendez will be dazzling the red carpet and stage as she is set to join a line-up of industry executives, producers, celebrities from the world of music, radio, TV, sports and music fans from across the country at this year's annual Urban Music Awards USA taking place on July 17th in New York City.
"I was honored when I was asked to present a category at this year's Urban Music Awards. Music is a very important factor in my everyday life and I'm just happy to be apart of this wonderful event this year," says Christina Mendez.
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About Christina Mendez
Christina Mendez has graced the pages of Glamour, All You, Latina Magazine and Urban runway for BET's Rip the Runway, Art of Curves, and Lane Bryant's In-Store Fashion Show in NYC as well as in June 2009 became one of Essence.com's newest virtual models. She has also become one of the first real-size, Hispanic Urban models to work as a featured model for brands such as Baby Phat, Apple Bottoms, Rocawear, Dereon and more. Besides appearing in various magazines and runway shows, Christina has been featured in national television segments including The Rachel Ray Show, Fox News, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, BET News, Lifetime's "Matched in Manhattan" with Matt Titus, New York local favorites Good Day New York , CW 11 and others.
About Urban Music Awards
The No. 1 premiere R&B, Hip Hop, Soul and Dance Music awards ceremony in the world. The Urban Music awards ceremony is held annually in the USA, UK, France, Caribbean, and Japan with plans to expand to Asia, Dubai and Africa. The Urban Music Awards was born out of the need to build a worldwide awards ceremony to recognize the achievement of urban based artists, producers, club nights, dj's, radio stations, record labels. Past winners at the Urban Music Awards have included; Nas, Omarion, Danity Kane, Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis, Adele, Vybez Cartel, Shakira, Papoose and many more. The Urban Music Awards has set it self as a credible awards ceremony by letting all nominations and voting left to the public to decide! In 7 years, the prestigious awards ceremony has been covered by: The BBC World Service, CNN, MTV, VH1, The Independent, The Guardian, Channel 4, CD: UK, London Tonight, and many more.
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