Liberia Music Awards Foundation Announces the hosts for the 2014 Liberia Music Awards ATLANTA, GA MAR 20, 2014 - The Liberia Music Awards will be at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center June 14 2014. The Awards will Hosted by Liberian Actor Al Johnson and UK Super Model Lisette Mibo. Below are the biographies of our two esteemed hosts. Al Johnson Liberian Actor As a child of a Liberian Father and a Liberian Mother, Americo-Liberian cinema and television actor Al Johnson, is the nephew of the current president of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Al built his reputation as a performer in sitcoms, commercial ads, and by hosting major club events in the early 90s and the 2000s in the Atlanta area, before segueing into Nollywood movies in 2010. Born in Liberia on March 2nd 1976. Al grew up in Brewerville, Liberia a Conga settlement out side of Monrovia. He was 11 when he moved to America with his father who lived in Durham, NC. While his mother was still in Liberia. At 15 he was very involved with acting to the point he started creating many friends in the entertainment industry. These friends afforded him the opportunity to host parties for many of the local Atlanta clubs, where his friends where promoters. In the late 90s he then founded the Original Monrovia Classic Association along with his cousin DJ Blue. In 2004 Al became the first Liberian to sign a major record contract for his indie label RCE, with the senior Vice president of Motown Sylvia Rhones, for his Artist Skitty MC. This deal was a joint venture with his child hood friend Senegalese Superstar Akon. Al was so eager to still become an actor that he started to focus solely on acting and landed his first role as an extra in CSI NY in 2008. In 2009 he was part of a casting with 50,000 people for a Doritos Super bowl commercial and he made it to the top 5. Though his commercial did not make the Super bowl, it created a major impact as he the first Liberian/African ever in an ad campaign the went viral for a Major Brand such as Doritos. Als major break thru role came in 2010 when he was casted In the Nollywood Movie Black Money. For which he played a supporting role for Nollywood Superstars Van Vicker and John Dumelo. He also made appearances, in the upcoming Nollywood film Domino Effect. His most present projects are Is there a price to loyalty? the story of Liberian War Lord Charles Taylor, where Al is casted as Charles Taylor. Slated for release in Summer 2015. Also he is working on Bendu Sudan 2 along side Van Vicker on location in Liberia. Al is married with three kids. He is the spokes person for his Wifes non- profit, Worlds Womens Health , which assists rape victims in African and around the world. Lisette Mibo UK Super Model The first born of five girls, graduated with BA in criminology with Sociology. Two times awarded Best Female Model in 2012 and 2013, featured numerously on the covers of magazines such as Amina magazine (France), OhYes magazine (Ghana), DivaScribe magazine (UK), Tropics Magazine (South Africa), Zen magazine (Nigeria) and many more... taken part at the international catwalk shows in Africa, Europe and the United Kingdom where she currently resides. A native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ms Mibo was born in September 1987 in Kinshasa, the birthplace of infectious Afro rhythms and dances. She discovered her passion for modeling during her college years, however she started professionally soon after the birth of her daughter in 2010 and she has never looked back and continues to rise. Though modeling and motherhood characterize her life, Ms Mibo also supports and works closely with charitable organisations within the United Kingdom that campaign and run empowering projects in her native DR Congo in support of vulnerable children and their families. For Mibo; its heartbreaking knowing that her beloved nation knows very little stability with a low quality of living; including poor education system, poor health services and many more ills, despite the country being one of the countries in the world with the richest soil, not forgetting millions of children and their families whom are victims of ills brought by decades of war. Mibo left DR Congo at the tender age of 14 years and is very much familiar with the everyday struggles that majority of families goes through on the daily basis in order to survive. Shes forever thankful to her parents for giving her and her siblings the opportunity to study and have a stable future in the United Kingdom but that was never going to make her forget her roots, after all its her motherland although she is very much British in her culture and considers Britain as her second home, her heart remains in the DR Congo. As a result, She is determined to use her voice, talent and any given platform to advocate on the behalf of all the children and the vulnerable families by working in partnership with existing organisations to rebuild a better Congo, a Congo with peace with itself. Hence, in August 2013, Mibo launched her annual fundraising event and non-profit organisation titled PassionForMotherland. PassionForMotherland the event is created to support empowering projects in the DR Congo by bringing like-minded individuals together to celebrate, network and discover new talents, burgeoning creativity in the fields of fashion, music and poetry whilst at the same time raising awareness and funds. The annual fundraising affair is set to be one of biggest events in London where designers from different backgrounds and cultures are to showcase their work alongside other talented artists such as musicians, poets, dancers and more. Lisette Mibo is a commercial model; specialising in film and printed adverts, magazine features, catwalk shows, and making special guest appearances and guest speaker at events. She recently judged at the 1st Miss Afrique Francophone UK 2013. It was an awesome experience for her to have been on the deciding panel and to have been trusted for her experience and expertise in the fashion and beauty industry, alongside other co-judges in selecting a beauty queen with poise, elegance, intelligence and beauty. About Liberia Music Awards The Liberia Music Awards Foundation and its owners are the sole owners of the names Liberia Music Awards. Liberia Music Awards is registered and trademarked in Liberia. They are also the sole register owners of the Liberia Music Awards in the United States of America. There is an ongoing registration process in the United Kingdom allowing the Foundation to stage the Liberia Music Awards in the near future with its Chairman Christabell Peters based in the United Kingdom. Media Contact Name: Dede Dalmeida Title: Chair of PR Committee Phone: 404-914-5292 Email address: info@liberimusicawards
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:22:08 +0000
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