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Omahyra Mota born Omahyra Mota Garcia on November 30, 1984 is a Dominican model and actress. She made a name for herself in the fashion industry as a chic punk model.
Mota was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic but moved to New York at the age of 10 with her mother, grandmother, two sisters and brother, as her mother wanted her to have a better life and study at better schools. Her mother also believed she would one day become a model and constantly urged her to send photos of herself to modelling agencies and told her every day that someday she'd be famous. She was first discovered by Boss Models at the age of 16 and has since made quite an impact on the world of modelling.
She attended John Bowne High School for at least one year. She had also formed a punk band called O.M.I. along with fellow models Mayana Moura and Isabel Ibsen which was subsequently broken up when Mayana went to Brazil to study. Her sister Patricia Mota is an actress who starred in G.I.Jesus, a Carl Colpaert film which took the Grand Jury Award at Cinevegas 06.
Mota has modeled for designers such as Bill Blass, Cynthia Steffe, Fendi, Nina Ricci, Sean John, Baby Phat, Heatherette, Jean Paul Gaultier, Roca Wear, Samantha Treacy, and Jay McCarroll. Also, she was flown in especially by Gwen Stefani for L.A.M.B.'s show during New York's 2005 Fashion Week.
She has also worked with Terry Richardson. She is known for modeling both mens and womens clothing.
Mota was voted one of Paper magazine's 50 most beautiful people in 2001.
Mota has had small acting roles in a few films, making her acting debut in Brett Ratner's After the Sunset and then appearing in State Property 2 in 2004. Recently Mota has attracted some attention by landing the role of Arclight in the X-Men movie, X-Men: The Last Stand.
Mota also appeared in Jay-Z's "Change Clothes" music video.