Taja Sevelle
Taja Sevelle (born Nancy Richardson, January 7, 1962 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known for her 1987 single, "Love Is Contagious" and for the non-profit organization Urban Farming, which she founded in 2005.
Taís Araújo
Taís Bianca Gama de Araújo (; born 25 November 1978) is a Brazilian actress, TV host and model. Her first prominent role on television was in 1996 as protagonist of the Brazilian telenovela "Xica da Silva" by Walcyr Carrasco, in the Rede Manchete. In 2004, she portrayed Preta in "Da Cor do Pecado" created by João Emanuel Carneiro and she played Ellen, comic antagonist in the telenovela "Cobras & Lagartos" in 2006. In 2009, she received her first protagonist in primetime of Globo, one of the Helenas created by Manoel Carlos in the telenovela "Viver a Vida"—making her the first black woman to star in a prime time telenovela.