Vanity
Vanity – Vanity File Photos – London – London, UK – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos
Birth Name: Denise Katrina Matthews
Date of Birth: January 4, 1959
Place of Birth: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Date of Death: February 15, 2016
Place of Death: Fremont, California, U.S.
Ethnicity:
*African-American, Hawaiian, Native American (father)
*Polish, German, and/or Jewish (mother)
Denise Katrina Matthews, better known as Vanity, was a Canadian singer, songwriter, model, actress, dancer, and Christian evangelist.
Denise was the daughter of Helga Senyk and James Levia Matthews.
Her father, an American from Wilmington, North Carolina, was black, and was said to be of African-American, Hawaiian, and Native American descent. Her mother, who is caucasian, is said to be of Polish, German, and/or Jewish origin.
“Matthews was born to German-born mom Helga Senyk…”
https://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/opinion-story/8185857-denise-matthews-the-niagara-falls-beauty-queen-who-became-vanity/
I would remove Hawaiian, seems far-fetched for someone born in North Carolina. There’s also many different claims about her mother’s background, also including German, Polish, and German Jewish/Polish Jewish.
Another possible father:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWQV-TFT
“Matthews was born to German-born mom Helga Senyk…”
I would remove Hawaiian, seems far-fetched for someone born in North Carolina. There’s also many different claims about her mother’s background, also including German, Polish, and German Jewish/Polish Jewish.
Another possible father:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWQV-TFT
Possibly father:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3QD-HY4
Need a Picture, a young one in her prime
Loved this women, may she R.I.P