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Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - Tasha Smith was born along with her identical twin sister Sidra Smith on February 28, 1971 in Camden New Jersey.

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Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - Tasha Smith was born along with her identical twin sister Sidra Smith on February 28, 1971 in Camden New Jersey.

Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - Smith is known for her role in "Daddy's Little Girls," a Tyler Perry-directed movie, where she played the villain Jennifer. She next starred in Perry's "Why Did I Get Married?", alongside Janet Jackson and Jill Scott.

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Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - Smith is known for her role in "Daddy's Little Girls," a Tyler Perry-directed movie, where she played the villain Jennifer. She next starred in Perry's "Why Did I Get Married?", alongside Janet Jackson and Jill Scott.

Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - Tasha is an award-winning stand-up comedian, soughtafter motivational speaker and renowned acting instructor.

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Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - Tasha is an award-winning stand-up comedian, soughtafter motivational speaker and renowned acting instructor.

Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - Smith has appeared on "America's Next Top Model," as an acting coach, helping the models with different scenes.

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Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - Smith has appeared on "America's Next Top Model," as an acting coach, helping the models with different scenes.

Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - Tasha is well-known for her critically-acclaimed portrayal of the drug-addicted Ronnie Boyce in HBO's Emmy Award-winning mini-series, THE CORNER, directed by Charles S. Dutton.

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Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - Tasha is well-known for her critically-acclaimed portrayal of the drug-addicted Ronnie Boyce in HBO's Emmy Award-winning mini-series, THE CORNER, directed by Charles S. Dutton.

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Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - She has guest starred on such popular television shows as "NIP/TUCK," "Girlfriends," "Without a Trace," and "Strong Medicine."

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Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - She has guest starred on such popular television shows as "NIP/TUCK," "Girlfriends," "Without a Trace," and "Strong Medicine."

Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - Smith has also served as the executive producer and host of her own talk show pilot for the Oxygen Network, TASHA VISION. Smith recently appeared as a field correspondent on "The Tyra Banks Show."

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Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - Smith has also served as the executive producer and host of her own talk show pilot for the Oxygen Network, TASHA VISION. Smith recently appeared as a field correspondent on "The Tyra Banks Show."

Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - "I'll DRINK TO THAT!"

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Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - "I'll DRINK TO THAT!"

Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - "When I was 25 I had an encounter with God because my father had gotten sick. I had a time where I really challenged God, like, if you're really God you'll show me such-and-such'...I was going through this whole thing where I questioned whether God was real or not. I really needed God to be real because I was feeling so depressed and so unhappy, I felt like if there isn't a God [then] I have no reason to live...It was just a bad time in my life and God really showed up and met me where I was."

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Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - "When I was 25 I had an encounter with God because my father had gotten sick. I had a time where I really challenged God, like, if you're really God you'll show me such-and-such'...I was going through this whole thing where I questioned whether God was real or not. I really needed God to be real because I was feeling so depressed and so unhappy, I felt like if there isn't a God [then] I have no reason to live...It was just a bad time in my life and God really showed up and met me where I was."

Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - "I used to do drugs every day...I used between the ages of 19 and 25." She confessed to having smoked "two packs of cigarettes a day", to having "[marijuana] every day" and to "[using] cocaine three times a week." She attributed her victory over drugs to "the grace of God".

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Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - "I used to do drugs every day...I used between the ages of 19 and 25." She confessed to having smoked "two packs of cigarettes a day", to having "[marijuana] every day" and to "[using] cocaine three times a week." She attributed her victory over drugs to "the grace of God".

Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - "Keep your dogs on a leash! It makes me sick! I hate when I go to parks and people walk their dogs without a leash. Especially when they're Pit Bulls and Rottweilers. They think, 'Oh my dog is cool.' I don't know your freaking Pit Bull! I don't want to go walking through the park and you have your Pit Bull hanging out without a leash. I want to call the dog police. I wish there was a dog police because I would have it programmed into my cell phone."

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Tasha Smith | My Black Is Beautiful - "Keep your dogs on a leash! It makes me sick! I hate when I go to parks and people walk their dogs without a leash. Especially when they're Pit Bulls and Rottweilers. They think, 'Oh my dog is cool.' I don't know your freaking Pit Bull! I don't want to go walking through the park and you have your Pit Bull hanging out without a leash. I want to call the dog police. I wish there was a dog police because I would have it programmed into my cell phone."