Tameka Jacobs
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| Born | October 22, 1979[1] French Camp, California, United States[1] |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Ethnicity | White, Black |
| Nationality | American |
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| Measurements | 36C-26-36[2] |
| Bra/cup size | 36C (80C)[2] |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] |
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg)[2] |
| Body type | Slim |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Hair | Brown |
| Underarm hair | Shaved |
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Tameka Jacobs is an American glamour model, actress, and accomplished photographer. She is best known as Briefcase Model #21 on the American version of the game show Deal or No Deal.
Early Life
At an early age, Jacobs was adopted by a Caucasian woman named Mary Brown until enraged San Joaquin County officials opposed due to the fact that Tameka is biracial (half-white and half-black.) Brown took the case all the way to the California Supreme Court but Jacobs wound up in custody of an African-American family.
In February 2003, Jacobs appeared on The Montel Williams Show to discuss interracial adoption issues. There she revealed that she never had a chance to reunite with Brown. In high school she searched for Mary Brown and called her phone number, but Brown thought it was a prank caller and hung up on her. After further attempts to call her adoptive mother, Jacobs found that Brown had changed her number. On Christmas Eve 2001, Jacobs drove to her mother's house to reunite, but was devastated to learn Brown had passed two months earlier. Her heartbreak was partially healed when she learned that the actual topic of this episode of Montel was "Caught Off Guard Reunions" and her biological sisters and mother were in attendance to meet her.
Deal or No Deal
In December 2005, Jacobs landed a gig as one of 26 briefcase models on the U.S. game show Deal or No Deal. She held Briefcase #21 for the show's entire original run. When a contestant admitted to having a fear of something, host Howie Mandell would often joke that Tameka was afraid of the same thing. From 2008 - 2010 Jacobs also appeared as an assistant on the syndicated daytime version of Deal or No Deal. Although her face is not shown, Jacobs is the model opening briefcases featured in the Deal or No Deal DVD game.
