As a youth she participated in all the requisite child activities. YMCA, Girl Scouts, etc. planting an early seed for positive self-esteem, growth and community responsibility. That seed took deep root and blossomed as she has continued to remain conscious of her community's needs and still allocates free time to such causes.

Another early planting started with an episode of Solid Gold. Born with a love for music, the visual stimulation of the show catapulted her into her own performances. Her audiences were very supportive and encouraging, albeit they preferred she perform "aside" the television as opposed to it being her back-up. At a frisky 5, she was enrolled in dance and honed her skills for the next 8 years. Never to be pigeon-holed as one dimensional, she spent her high school years playing 2 instruments and engaging in athletics. Somewhere along the way she found time to allocate to the school's paper, magazine and become an outstanding member of it's student union. The community was still priority as well.

The years to follow were spent earning her degree in hospitality. Her excellence had her appointed as president of the National Society of Minorities in Hospitality for 3 years while attending Morgan State University.

Before her 21st birthday, young Ms. Faure had checked quite a bit off of her life's "to-do list". She had near completed her degree, traveled extensively and was independent. She would soon pursue a bartending certification (a technicality due to her age, not her ambition). She would eventually double her workload with her new career and by claiming her piece of the entrepeneur pie with her own entertainment, traveling, phone and energy ventures. Her original major (Business Administration: Johnson C. University) would have proved invaluable as another seed planted long ago began to take root. With several acheivements in place on her mantle, she decided to scratch the itch of the modeling bug.

She credits Robert C. Stephens as the person who helped her truly define "what is a model"? He aided her in understanding the "art" of modelling and it's business aspects. Her runway training began under Models with Monique and continued under Geminii Models. Seeing the fierce competion and dedication necessary to be a professional model has only appealed to Shani's nature of excellence.

Shani Faure is currently pursuing her career back in New York and is open to spokesmodeling, runway, calendar and artistic (non-offensive) work. Ms. Faure is also a Fashion program coordinator for a well known public relations firm in NYC.