Jaleasa Carroll

Originally from Shreveport, Louisiana Miss Carroll is a gifted Junior at Hampton University. Jaleasa is the oldest of two, with a younger brother who just completed basic training. Being a Public Relations major and Marketing minor, Jaleasa is currently studying under the renowned Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications. As a recreationally photographer, Carroll and a few of her Hampton friends are trying to launch their local Hampton Roads magazine, Light House Magazine. After graduating she plans to become an event planner, hoping to “be behind the scenes” at fashion shows, clubs, high profile parties, and red carpet events. With the many connections of networks not only at Hampton, but at Scripps Howard itself, for this rising star the sky is the limit. Eventually, Miss Carroll aims to open her own lounge on the East coast of the country; preferably being located in Atlanta, Georgia. After her long and illustrious career, she plans to reside there in Atlanta or Charlotte, North Carolina.

From just meeting her it is apparent that Jaleasa Carroll is a unique leader rather than a generic follower. She would describe her style as “bohemian sheik; clean cut, but at the same time a whimsical flower child.” Of course I asked the question “what made you cut your hair in such a different fashion she?” Jaleasa spoke to the fact that she likes to be different and unique. Carroll is one that is easy to bore, and is constantly bored with her hairstyle especially. With her hair already short, she decided to chop it all off. After cutting out her hair ‘perm’, she found that her only option was to personify her unique sheikness in her hair do. Thus, the bohemian sheik high-top fade. For any other woman this short cut would cause her to feel uneasy, however for Jaleasa, she felt lighter and freer. Recently, she decided to dye the front half of her hair in what I like to call a “sherbet” technique (blond faded into hot pink). Of course the next question asked was how and why she came to dye her hair in such a scheme. Apart from her ‘Restless Hair Maintenance Syndrome’, this turnout was by complete accident. Her original aim was to dye the very tip of her hair do in the blond color, however, the tip turned into half of her head. From there she winged the hot pink blend into what I now like to call her “bohemian sheik high-top sherbet fade sundae” – a little bananas, a lot of cool, a little bit nutty, but exactly what she was craving.