Birth Name:
April Wilkner
Birth Place:
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Ethnicity:
Japanese, German, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish
The model was born to a Japanese mother and a father of German, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. She appeared on the television show, America’s Next Top Model cycle 4 and was the first model of Asian descent to appear on the show.
From a quote she stated that she has never connected with her Japanese heritage and she wasn’t going to pretend she has.
Source:
http://www.buddytv.com/april-wilkner.aspx
http://www.tv.com/april-wilkner/person/257498/biography.html
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Yeah, she said that she couldn’t connect with her Asian side in one episode. It annoyed me because she’ll never be seen as “white”, particularly because she physically favors her Asian side more.
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How sad that is…
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@Mary – her father is the white parent. I remember Top Model showed a picture of her parents.
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Id tend to think her father is White just by looking at her surname.
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I forgot to add; I’m pretty sure her mother is the white parent. After all, she was on the shop (Top Model).
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She is very pretty.
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White and asian is a good mix.
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