User:Dennis Stokely/sandbox

EARLY YEARS

DENNIS STOKELY was born in 1964 in Ocilla, Georgia (USA). He was raised in Savannah, graduating from Groves High School in 1982 voted "Most Likely To Succeed". Dennis left the University of Georgia, school of Journalism, during his Sophmore year for the bright lights of New York City. It was in NYC that he began his career in the Fashion and Beauty Industry, first in front of the camera as a model, walking the runway for GQ Magazine and appearing on the ABC soap-opera "Another World." Quickly turning his attention to his passion for hair, Dennis obtained his Cosmetology Lisence and landed a job as a receptionist at the Kenneth Salon(world famous as a favorite salon for the likes of Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn) in the ritzy Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Dennis later trained at the Federic Fekkai Salon, located in the Bergdorf-Goodman department store, on New York City's tony 5th. Avenue.