Shanice Bacchus-Jones: from a country girl to a U.S. model/designer

Shanice Bacchus was born in New Amsterdam, East Berbice, on July 29, 1989. She is the third of three siblings. As a child in Guyana, Bacchus undertook a few assignments to appear as a model in advertisements, but her career choice was suppressed by the reality of life in the Ancient County. However, upon migrating, almost four years ago, the urge to pose before the cameras resurfaced.

Photographers quickly developed interest in Shanice Bacchus, and, over the years, she has fallen deeper and deeper in love with the art of modelling. For her, it is not just about standing in front of the camera, but rather about doing something she loves.

Most Guyanese would not know “Raye 6”, but she is a Brooklyn artist who is moving forward quickly and inexorably in the music industry. And Shanice Bacchus has been one of Raye 6’s “Bubble Girls,” aka back-up dancers, for almost three years, during which Shanice has grown tremendously. She has hosted parties as a Bubble Girl while wearing the group’s trademark items, which include a 31-inch ponytail.

From being somewhat shy to stepping out on stage in confidence, Shanice has truly come a long way. With this career choice, she has been featured in ‘Source’ and ‘No Labelz’ magazines, in which she has received a three-page model spread.

Two years before migrating, she attended a summer sewing program in New Amsterdam hosted by Minerva Peters, where she learnt the art of becoming a seamstress. But, over the years, she has been inactive in that hobby, pursuing what she thought were bigger things. She got married in 2009, changing her name to Shanice Jones; and in August 2010, she started to showcase her hidden talent of designing when she opened her boutique, Her collection has since turned numerous heads, and has been improving constantly. It has been featured in several photo shoots and fashion shows in the U.S.

Currently, Jones is enrolled in West Barron Acting School, in New York, for its winter 2011 semester. This includes studying Film, Showcase & Monologue.

She landed her first gig as an actress in a music video shoot for Haitian celebrity singer Casley Cass, acting as his fiancée. The concept of the video is that she catches him cheating with another woman.