You may remember Fatima Siad from "America's Next Top Model." She came into the competition with a powerful story to tell and placed third in her cycle. Siad's parents divorced at a young age and her two sisters were killed by the Somali army during the civil war. See how far she's come.

Tennessee-born, twenty-something model Wakeema Hollis - easily recognized by her bee-stung lips and being one of the few regularly working black models who rocks her natural hair over an inch - recently posed for ARISE magazine.

Whenever we get the opportunity, HB likes to profile any and all fresh-faced models of color who are on the rise – the ones who will soon claim the spots once held by Tyra Banks and Tyson Beckford.