Tayo Oredein is a model, actress and writer. Tayo (pronounced Ty~yo) is from Jamaica Queens, NY. After years of flirting with it, she officially started modeling in 2011 when she was handpicked to be a model for Monica Holder’s “What Makes You Beautiful” project. Since then she has been featured in online promotional materials, short and feature films, music videos, greeting card lines, coffee-table books, fashion shows, and other projects. She also recently published her first book, "His PhD is in Hypocrisy...And Other Poems about My Crappy Ex-Boyfriend", a collection of poems about love, and love lost.