Eve - Contributed

Urban music and movie superstar-turned-fashion mogul Eve will be part of a star-studded line-up of celebrities headed to Jamaica for Caribbean Fashionweek (CFW), the region's biggest fashion extravaganza.

Also on the ticket are Soul Food TV and big-screen fave-turned-celebrity, model Vanessa A. Williams and new soul recording artiste Mashonda Dean.

The stars will walk the runway at CFW and have promised a slew of surprises during their special guest appearances at the event. A number of other local and international stars to appear will be announced shortly.

Eve, famous for a range of film roles including the Barber Shop series, continues to have a very successful music career after bursting on to the scene in the late 1990s with rap hits such as Gotta Man, What Ya'll Want and Love Is Blind.

Exploration of her singing voice, in addition to her hard-core rapping skills, guaranteed the rapper international success. Tracks such as Who's That Girl, Let Me Blow Me Your Mind with Gwen Stefani of No Doubt and Gangsta Lovin', with Alicia Keys gave rise to a whole new fan base.

Excited

From her fourth studio album titled Here I Am, the blonde bombshell released Tambourine, an upbeat international dance anthem produced by the legendary Swizz Beats . The follow-up track, Give It To You, a reggae-influenced breezy mid-tempo song featuring our own Sean Paul has also enjoyed great success.

Eve now has her own celebrity fashion line called Fetish and Caribbean fashion fans will get a chance to preview pieces from her new collection now being shipped for fall. Eve, who will walk the runway with her models, said she is very excited about participating in the event.

Fashionweek is being covered by the world press, including Elle, Fashion TV Paris, BET, i-D, the BBC, Marie Claire and The New York Times.

CFW 2008 will feature the Caribbean's best designers as well as an elite set of international avant-garde designers, including Deola Sagoe from Nigeria, Gavin Douglas from London, Catalin Bothezatu from Romania and Sushma Patel from India.

This year's event, which runs from June 12-15, will see the return of Caribbean heavyweights such as Jamaica's urban maestro, Biggy; Barbados' couturier to high fashion jet-set, Simon Peter, Trinidad's grande dame of ultra minimalist sophisticated chic, Meiling and Jamaican Britisher Sandra Kennedy. Other standouts include Bill Edwards, Mutamba, Barry Moncrieffe from Jamaica as well as Claudia Pegus from Trinidad.