Biography of vanity 6
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Vanity (singer)
Canadian singer, model and actress (1959–2016)
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Vanity in 1984 | |
| Born | Denise Katherine Matthews (1959-01-04)January 4, 1959 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | February 15, 2016(2016-02-15) (aged 57) Fremont, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Denise Matthews-Smith, D. D. Winters |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, model, actress |
| Years active | 1977–1993 |
| Spouse | Anthony Smith (m. 1995; div. 1996) |
| Partner(s) | Prince (1982–1983) Nikki Sixx (1986–1988) |
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| Genres | |
| Instrument | Vocals |
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Denise Katherine Matthews (January 4, 1959 – February 15, 2016), known professionally as Vanity, was a Canadian singer, model, and actress. Known for her image as a sex symbol in the 1980s, she became an evangelist and renounced her career as Vanity in the 1990s.[1]
Vanity was the lead singer of the female trio Vanity 6, w
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As beautiful as the night sky, full of twinkling stars, headstrong, charismatic, mysterious and the original ‘’nasty girl’’, today I’m going to talk to you about the original Prince girl: Vanity.
Born as Denise Katrina Matthews in 1959, Vanity developed an interest in modelling in her early teenage years. She participated in beauty contests, competed for Miss Canada and even won the Miss Niagara Hospitality title in 1977. However, just being in beauty contest and having a modelling career only doing photo shoots and commercials wasn’t enough for Vanity and so she moved to New York when she was only 17 years old to pursue a career in acting, modelling on a bigger scale and music.
The first movie Vanity ever appeared in was a horror movie called ‘’Terror Train’’ and later on she was the leading actress in a B-movie called ‘’Tanya’s Island’’. Vanity’s fame began to rise and then, in the early 80s, she’d meet someone who would play a big role in her life. That’s where our story be
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There are several artists that use the name "Vanity."
1. Denise Katrina Matthews (b. January 4, 1959 - d. February 15, 2016), better known as Vanity but sometimes credited as Denise Matthews-Smith or D.D. Winters, was a Canadian-born singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, model, and full-time preacher. She was the lead singer for the Prince-mentored female trio Vanity 6, which recorded the 1982 R&B hit "Nasty Girl."
Matthews formally gave up her stage name "Vanity" and became a born-again Christian in 1994, the year she almost died from the effects of snorting cocaine. According to Matthews, after being rushed to the hospital, doctors said she had three days left to live and she was on life support. She told everyone in interviews that Jesus spoke to her during this time and saved her if she promised to give up her "Vanity" persona. In 1995, Matthews was quoted "When I came to the Lord Jesus Christ, inom threw out about 1,000 tapes of mi