Next Week on Lift Every Voice: Cynthia Bailey and Karen Clark Sheard

Lift Every Voice welcomes Cynthia Bailey and more.

Next Week on Lift Every Voice: Cynthia Bailey and Karen Clark Sheard - Gospel powerhouse Karen Clark Sheard and Atlanta Housewife and model Cynthia Bailey open up with Lift Every Voice host Fonzworth Bentley this Sunday at 10A/9C! (Photos from left: Ben Rose/Getty Images for Birchbox, Royce DeGrie/Getty Images for UP Entertainment)
Starting Out - Before coming into her own as the social elite, housewife and reality television star we know today, Cynthia Bailey was debuting her video model skills in the Heavy D music video "Nuttin But Love." This video was one of the first to feature super models instead of the typical around-the-way girls or video vixens. Classy! (Photo: Universal Records)
High Fashion - Besides doing music videos for Heavy D, Cynthia pursued a career as a fashion model. She took to New York City at the age of 25 and secured her spot with the Wilhelmina modeling agency. She went on to cover Essence magazine, which was the highest-selling cover of all time in Essence history. Her most recent endeavors involve creating the full-service fashion and modeling school Bailey Agency: School of Fashion. (Photos from left: Essence Magazine, August 2002; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Go Red)Celebrity Beginnings: From the Stage to the Screen - From Demetria McKinney to Taye Diggs and many more, there are plenty of celebs who got their start as actors onstage and then earned even more fame and success on-screen. Check it out here! (Photo: Laura Magruder/Bravo)

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Next Week on Lift Every Voice: Cynthia Bailey and Karen Clark Sheard - Gospel powerhouse Karen Clark Sheard and Atlanta Housewife and model Cynthia Bailey open up with Lift Every Voice host Fonzworth Bentley this Sunday at 10A/9C! (Photos from left: Ben Rose/Getty Images for Birchbox, Royce DeGrie/Getty Images for UP Entertainment)

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