Jarah Mariano

Jarah in dark-peach accesorized swimsuit on the post

Asian-American supermodel Jarah Mariano is best known for her appearances in the 2008 and 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuits editions. A native in Hawaii of Korean descent, she moved to California and was discovered by a model scout at the age of 15. After graduated from high school, she then moved to New York City where she continued her modeling career and attended Pace University at the same time where she earned her degree in Speech Communications.

She appeared in numerous ads of large fashion industries such as Abercrombie and Fitch, MAC, Armani Exchange and Avon, as well as catalogues for Victoria Secret. She also made appearances in countless fashion magazines like Vogue, Vanity Fair and Seventeen to name a few.

Jarah made a cameo role in NBC Television series Chuck. She also appeared in the comeback video of Jay-Z’s “Show Me What You Got” and recently in the music video of Korean fusion group Clazziquai Project’s “Love Again”.