Vanity
Gender: Female
Born: 4th January 1959 (currently 53 years old)
Nationality: Canada
Movies: Action Jackson, Terror Train, The Last Dragon, 52 Pick-Up, Tanya's Island, Klondike Fever, Da Vinci's War, Night Caller, Memories of Murder, Deadly Illusion, Never Too Young to Die
Denise Katrina Matthews (born January 4, 1959), better known as Vanity and sometimes credited as Denise Matthews-Smith and D.D. Winters, is a Canadian-born former singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and model. Vanity's career lasted from the 1980s until the early mid-90s. She was the lead singer of the female trio Vanity 6, which recorded the 1982 R&B hit "Nasty Girl".
Vanity was born Denise Matthews in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Her mother was of German descent and her father was African Canadian. She is the sister of Canadian model Patricia Matthews. She grew up up in Niagara Falls and came from what she called a "broken home". Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother suffered from alcoholism and depression. Matthews' father was abusive towards her and her sisters. As a child, along with her sisters and step siblings, she regularly moved back and forth between her father and stepmother, mother, and grandparents.
Vanity began entering local beauty pageants before moving to Toronto, where she modeled. She won the Miss Niagara Hospitality title in 1977, and went on to compete for Miss Canada in 1978. At age 19, she moved to New York to further her career. She signed
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