Joey Mead
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Joey Mead or Rosa Josefa Mead is an Australian television
personality and Model
born in the Philippines
.
. When she was 6, she and her mother settled Adelaide, Australia
,with her Australian stepfather Leslie Bertram Mead. She was raised in Australia till she was 15, hence her rhotic
Australian English
accent.
Currently based in the Philippines, Mead can speak basic Tagalog
and understands pure Tagalog.
in Hong Kong
from 1996 to 2000. With over 30 Philippine magazine covers ,she has done numerous TV commercials,Ad campaigns & magazine covers in Singapore, Malaysia,Thailand, Japan & Indonesia. She has lived & worked in New York as a Ford model & is currently with Ford Los Angeles & San Francisco.
Mead was the first Philippine model to lead in a Head & shoulders shampoo commercial,and a Lexus car commercial both aired in the United States and Canada.
In 2008, a photo of Mead wearing the Philippine flag as a body suit in a magazine cover caused an uproar in local media. In defense, Mead said:
Of her work, Mead has said, "I’m a proud female Filipina, and I want women to feel the same way."
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
personality and Model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
born in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
.
Personal
Mead has a Filipina mother, Josephine del Pilar Mead. Her biological father is of Persian descentPersian people
The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...
. When she was 6, she and her mother settled Adelaide, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
,with her Australian stepfather Leslie Bertram Mead. She was raised in Australia till she was 15, hence her rhotic
Rhotic and non-rhotic accents
English pronunciation can be divided into two main accent groups: a rhotic speaker pronounces a rhotic consonant in words like hard; a non-rhotic speaker does not...
Australian English
Australian English
Australian English is the name given to the group of dialects spoken in Australia that form a major variety of the English language....
accent.
Currently based in the Philippines, Mead can speak basic Tagalog
Tagalog language
Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV and of Metro Manila...
and understands pure Tagalog.
Career
She was a video jockey for Channel [V] InternationalChannel V
Channel [V] is the brand name for multiple international music television networks owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation.-Channel [V] International:...
in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
from 1996 to 2000. With over 30 Philippine magazine covers ,she has done numerous TV commercials,Ad campaigns & magazine covers in Singapore, Malaysia,Thailand, Japan & Indonesia. She has lived & worked in New York as a Ford model & is currently with Ford Los Angeles & San Francisco.
Mead was the first Philippine model to lead in a Head & shoulders shampoo commercial,and a Lexus car commercial both aired in the United States and Canada.
In 2008, a photo of Mead wearing the Philippine flag as a body suit in a magazine cover caused an uproar in local media. In defense, Mead said:
Yes, I wore a representation of the Philippine flag on a magazine cover. This image for me is something that is inspiring, the same way sports brands have produced their Philippine flag-inspired track sports jackets and limited edition shoes. It is the same logic why people put Philippine flag or map tattoos on their bodies...
When you’ve done as many magazine covers as I have, you’d want to do something that meant more to you — this means a lot to me, it represents my work, and I’m not embarrassed about the female form. I wanted to make a statement. I wanted to be part of something that breaks the “rules” and provoke people to think and feel...
Of her work, Mead has said, "I’m a proud female Filipina, and I want women to feel the same way."