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Tamera (name)
Tamera is a variation of the female given name Tamara. Notable persons with that name include: * Tamera Alexander (born 1961), American author * Tamera Foster (born 1997), English singer * Tamera Mowry (born 1978), American actress ** Tamera Campbell, the character she played in '' Sister, Sister'' * Tamera Szijarto, Hungarian-Filipina beauty queen and entrepreneur * Tamera Young Tamera "Ty" Young (born October 30, 1986) is a former American basketball player who is currently a free agent. After playing collegiately for James Madison University, Young was drafted by the Atlanta Dream with the 8th overall pick of the 2008 ... (born 1986), American basketball player See also * Tamera {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamara (given Name)
Tamara is a female given name most commonly derived from the Biblical name " Tamar" and in the Arabic from the singular form "Tamra" (Arabic: تَمْرَة ''tamrah'') and the plural form "Tamar" (Arabic: تَمْر ''tamr''), meaning in both Hebrew and Arabic the generic name of the fruit " date", "date palm" or "palm tree". In central and eastern European countries like Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine it has been a common name for centuries. In Australia it was very popular from the 1960s to 1990s. One of the most popular names in Russia. In the United States, the name was fairly common from the late 1950s to mid 1990s, bolstered by the popularity of the film ''Tammy and the Bachelor'' and its theme song (Tammy is commonly a nickname for Tamara). In the US the most girls named Tamara were born in 1970 and the number of Tamaras born per year was greater than 1,000 as late as 1996. The name is now f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamera Alexander
Tamera Lynn Gattis Alexander (born August 8, 1961) is an American author of Christian fiction, who specializes in the inspirational romance genre. She is best known for her award-winning first series, the Fountain Creek Chronicles (2006–07). Biography Early life and education Tamera Alexander grew up in Decatur, Georgia, the daughter of an insurance company executive and a bank manager. As a child, Alexander enjoyed writing poetry and short stories, but never dreamed of some day writing fiction as a career. She attended and would later graduate high school from Greater Atlanta Christian School in 1979. Early advisors led her to choose what was regarded as a more practical livelihood within the field of business—a discipline she began studying in 1979 while attending Harding University. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in management in 1983. Career Upon graduation, she began her business career in Atlanta, Georgia, before accepting a position with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamera Foster
Tamera , also known as Tamera Foster and TAMERA, is an English Afrobeat and R&B singer and songwriter who competed in the tenth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2013. Achieving a fifth place, quarter-final finish, she was subsequently signed to a Syco Music record deal. Early life Tamera grew up listening to many genres of music, but was most inspired by Whitney Houston, Missy Elliott, Erykah Badu, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown, and Beyonce. She also enjoyed drawing and painting, which became more serious hobbies in her early teens. After being encouraged by her mother and grandmother, Tamera performed at church, as well as several local talent shows. She decided to audition for ''The X Factor'' one week before the show, at the age of 16. She has claimed to have synesthesia. 2013: ''The X Factor'' She competed in the tenth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2013. She was eliminated in the quarter-final, finishing in 5th place. Former Judge Simon Cowell subsequently signed her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamera Mowry
Tamera Darvette Mowry-Housley (née Mowry) () (born July 6, 1978) is an American actress, television personality, and former singer. She first gained fame for her teen role as Tamera Campbell on the ABC/ WB sitcom '' Sister, Sister'' (opposite her twin sister Tia Mowry). She has also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie '' Twitches'' and its sequel, '' Twitches Too'', and played Dr. Kayla Thornton on the medical drama ''Strong Medicine''. She next starred in a reality television series following her and her twin sister's lives, titled '' Tia & Tamera'', which began airing on the Style Network in 2011 and ended in 2013 after three seasons. From 2013 to 2020, Mowry was one of the co-hosts of the syndicated daytime talk show ''The Real'' originally alongside Adrienne Bailon, Tamar Braxton, Loni Love and Jeannie Mai. She was on the Hallmark Channel show '' Home & Family'' until its cancellation in August 2021. Early life Tamera Darvette Mowry was born in Gelnhausen in then- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister, Sister (TV Series)
''Sister, Sister'' is an American television sitcom starring Tia and Tamera Mowry as identical twin sisters separated at birth who are reunited as teenagers. It premiered on April 1, 1994 on ABC as part of its TGIF comedy lineup, and finished its run on The WB on May 23, 1999, airing 119 episodes over six seasons. The predominantly black cast consisted of the Mowry sisters with Jackée Harry and Tim Reid costarring as their respective adoptive parents, alongside Marques Houston as their annoying neighbor Roger. RonReaco Lee and Deon Richmond later joined the cast in the fifth season. The series was created by Kim Bass, Gary Gilbert, and Fred Shafferman, and produced by de Passe Entertainment and Paramount Network Television. As a result of ABC removing ''Sister, Sister'' from its TGIF lineup for its second season, ratings declined significantly and the network ultimately cancelled the series in April 1995. The series was then picked up by The WB as a replacement for ''Muscle'' o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamera Szijarto
Tamera Marie Lagac Szijarto is a Filipino actress, entrepreneur and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2004. Pageantry Szijarto started as a model in the Philippines in 2003. On the same year, she participated in a provincial beauty pageant for the first time and represented her municipality of Kawit in Cavite and won the Mutya ng Cavite Tourism 2003. In 2004, she won the Miss Lyceum of the Philippines University pageant. She participated in national pageant and was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2004 in Quezon City, Philippines in May 2004, by the previous year's winner, Laura Marie Dunlap. Szijarto crowned her successor Genebelle Raagas during the Miss Philippines Earth 2005 pageant finals in Quezon City, Philippines. She represented her country at Miss Earth 2004 in Manila, Philippines where she placed as one of the Top 8 Finalists in the grand coronation night on October 24, 2004. She was the first ever Philippine candidate to become a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamera Young
Tamera "Ty" Young (born October 30, 1986) is a former American basketball player who is currently a free agent. After playing collegiately for James Madison University, Young was drafted by the Atlanta Dream with the 8th overall pick of the 2008 WNBA Draft. She was traded to the Chicago Sky, and led them to the WNBA Finals in 2015, then came back to Atlanta, and was traded to the Aces in 2018. Personal Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Tamera Young is the daughter of the late Greg Young and Lynda Nichols-Brown and John Brown. She has an older brother, A.J., and an older sister, Nikia. Her cousin, Willie Williams, was a cornerback for the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers and a 13-year NFL veteran (Steelers 1993–96, 2005; Seattle Seahawks 1997–2003). Tamera is the all-time leading scorer at Emsley A. Laney High School, the same high school that produced Michael Jordan, where her number 11 jersey is retired. During her senior year she led the "Buccaneers to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
