Tameka is one of the models who have the million the most, the most being #6, Megan Abrigo and #17, Jenelle Moreno.Įven though her face is not shown, Tameka was the model featured on the Deal or No Deal DVD game opening the briefcases as her name appears in the game's closing credits (the game's intro & closing also features the others models walking down the stairs & their names are listed alphabetically). In season five, she will be replaced by Malika Miller. In April 2006, Tameka and her fellow briefcase models were listed in People magazine as it's annual '100 Most Beautiful People'. Tameka stood beside Briefcase #21 for the show's entire run. In December 2005, Jacobs would soon land her best known TV gig, as one of 25 Briefcase Models on the NBC Game Show Deal or No Deal.

Since then, Tyra Banks, Iman, Ananda Lewis and a host of other Hollywood models and celebrities have taken Tameka under their wings.

Tameka did radio in the mornings, and used the rest of the day to continue her modeling and dance career by booking jobs in catalogs, magazines, newspapers and on television in commercials, live shows, and music videos.Ī few years into her internship, Jacobs relocated to Los Angeles and within weeks she was able to secure the leads in high fashion editorials, music videos, commercial print work and even gained worldwide exposure in an earlier campaign for Apple's iPod. While living in the Bay Area, she got the opportunity of a lifetime when she became the morning news and traffic reporter for one of San Francisco's highest-rated radio stations, KYLD94.9. From studying ballet, tap & jazz, and she enrolled in classes for acting, modeling and public speaking. She is best known to Game Show audiences as Briefcase Model #21 on the NBC Game Show Deal or No Deal.Īt an early age, Tameka was once adopted by a woman named Mary Brown until enraged officials in San Joaquin County opposed due to the fact that Jacobs was half & half (½ black & ½ white), and she ended up in the custody of an African-American family.ĭespite this, Tameka did not let that stop her from achieving her dreams of stardom. Tameka Jacobs (born on Octoin French Camp, California) is an African-American Model, Actress, and accomplished photographer.

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