A rising starlet with a beautiful smile and an impossible figure, it may come as little surprise to those who have seen actress Garcelle Beauvais that the model-turned-actress was voted one of "The Ten Sexiest Women of 2001" by readers of Black Men Magazine, but take a look beyond the surface and you'll see that Beauvais has the talents to back up her beauty. A Haitian native and the youngest of seven siblings, Beauvais' mother relocated to Massachusetts with her children following her divorce from their father. Beauvais' first years in the U.S. were spent in boarding school while her mother supported the family by attending nursing school.
With little knowledge of the English language, the French and Creole-speaking youngster slowly began the process of educating herself by taking in episodes of Sesame Street. Though going from being a member of the social majority in Haiti to being a minority in America, it was the change of climate that proved most jarring to young Beauvais. Roles in numerous school plays fueled a love for performing, and it wasn't long before the family opted for a more familiar climate in Miami when Beauvais was 16. A subsequent move to New York the following year found the emerging model gaining an increasing presence on the catwalk and numerous Essence and Ebony layouts.
