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Vanessa & Angela Simmons

Vanessa & Angela Simmons
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Welcome to Hollywood

Angela and Vanessa Simmons, center, along with their cousin Jessica, right, and friend Alycia, left, moved to Los Angeles and brought MTV’s cameras along for the ride on their new show “Daddy’s Girls.”

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By Your Side

The sisters are excited to venture on their own after three years of taping “Run’s House” with their family.

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Father, May I

The duo struts their stuff at the 2007 Soul Train Awards with dad Joseph “Reverend Run” Simmons.

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Moguls in the Making

Hip-hop icon Russell Simmons teaches his nieces the secrets to building an empire. Angela and Vanessa accompany him to the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.

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The Good Life

The sisters take notes for their apparel line Pastry at the Betsey Johnson show during the Fall 2008 Fashon Week, with friend Bow Wow keeping them company.

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Ready for the Runway

Angela and Vanessa showcase their personal styles.

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Sugar and Spice

Vanessa and Angela make their way inside the Lana Fuchs fashion show after party at Stork in Los Angeles.

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The Fashionista

Angela finds balance between her active social life, her business ventures and coordinating fashion shoots with her work in the magazine industry.

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I Got Your Back

The sisters work the red carpet at the BMI Urban Awards in Beverly Hills last year.

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New York State of Mind

Angela Simmons beams at the premiere of “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party” in New York and proudly claims the city as her hometown now that she lives in Los Angeles.

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Role Model

Along with acting and modeling, Vanessa takes her job serious as big sister to her siblings and inspires other youth through Girl Scouts of the USA.

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