"BRAND OF THE WEEK" - Mocha Mercilus @AskMocha

October 25, 2013

"BRAND OF THE WEEK" - Mocha Mercilus @AskMocha

Mocha is not just your average Haitian American, 5'10 ,plus size model. She is a radio personality, stylist, and jewelry designer. She represents the girl who we do not see enough of in today's market. Friends and family know her as Sergely Mercilus but when she moved to New York from Miami to pursue a career in Fashion Design she found a new path; internet radio.

A friend introduced her to it and from there she started meeting people in the industry, ranging from rappers, singers, designers, models, and etc. Modeling came about when she started realizing it was becoming more mainstream. She always wanted to pursue it but always put it down.

One day she decided why not. She began looking for castings while getting runway training from another model. She has done a lot of shows walking for designers, such as, Courtney Washington, Ann Nahari, Franklin Rowe, Fashion on the Hudson, BET's Rip the Runway 2013, most recently Plus night out just to name a few.

Mocha has also been featured in Liberated Strands natural hair magazine twice. She was also on the cover of Fashion Avenue News, is the face for Wonder curl and Ann Nahari 2014 collection. In the future Mocha plans to be in shows like Full Figured Fashion Week New York and New Jersey, be the face of a international campaign, travel to Europe to be an international supermodel, host shows and various projects in the future. She will also work on making her face well known in publications for Arise, Essence, Marie Claire, or even Elle. So stay tuned and watch as the world gets hit with plenty of Mocha!