Michael Jackson Music Videos Leading Women: Where are they Now?

What Happened to the Leading Women who were MJ's iconic music videos?

By Gladys W. MuturiPublished 2 years ago • 5 min read

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These are the women who potray as leading love interest in Michael Jackson's iconic music videos.

But What Happened to the the Leading Ladies after they appeared in Michael Jackson. Where are they now? Did they kept in contact with Michael after they stopped shooting the video?

Ola Ray aka Thriller Girl

The first leading lady in MJ's iconic music video Thriller: Ola Ray. Before Ola Ray was known as Thriller Girl, Ray was modeling for Playboy and was the Playmate of the Month for the June 1980 issue.

Fun Fact: Thriller is not the first music video she starred in. She also starred in George's Benson music video "Give Me the Night."

Ray auditioned to be in the music video. At the time, Michael had no idea that Ray was Playmate of the month. She later was cast in the music video. Years after Thriller, Ray had sued Jackson until Michael's 2009 ultimately death.

Other than that, Ola Ray has been a cultural icon. Thriller has been overplayed and every year on Halloween and made 147 million views on YouTube. In 2012, the Michael Jackson Family Trust settled the lawsuit with Ray. She has been working her memoir Thrill Of It All. She did appeared on Liam Mcewan's YouTube video to show Liam where the locations where Thriller, the music video was shot.

Link to Liam's YouTube channel

Tatiana Thumbtzen

Stephiane Yvonne Thumbtzen aka Tatiana Thumbtzen was a model and dancer. She started off as a ballet dancer before he starred in Michael's video "The Way You Make Me Feel". In the video, Thumbtzen plays the sexy women dressed and high heels tries to shoot his shot but she frequently rejects him. The video ends with Jackson winning Thumbtzen's heart and the two embracing each other. Filming began around the end of 1987. After the music video, Thumbtzen went on the Bad tour with Michael as the leading lady until she was allegedly kicked out of the tour for kissing Michael on stage.

Fun Fact: She and Jackson dated a short period of time.

After that, she starred in a couple films and made an appearance on Bad 25 documentary directed by Spike Lee. In 2009, she did attended Michael's funeral and currently focusing on her craft.

Cindera Che

Cindera Che portrays as the sexy madam in Michael Jackson's music video Smooth Criminal. In the video, Michael dressed in a white fandora hat and white suit enters in the club. Everyone at the club including Che glance at Jackson until he starts the music. The video was adapted in Michael's short film Moonwalker.

Che is now a choreographer teaching dance even teaching online.

Latoya Jackson

The sister of Michael Jackson????? Ok! This is downright weird to have a blood sister to play as a love interest. In the music video, Paul McCarthney and his wife played by were trying to sell a drink that makes men powerful and stronger with Michael being a part of it.

Sybil Azur

Playing the character of Susie dressed in red dancing and making seductive moves, Azur dance in MJ's "Blood on the Dance Floor" for the 1997 album. Since then and especially after 2017, Sybil has became an activist and an advocate for the environment, the forward movement of Black people in America and the election of Democratic representatives in all levels of government. She since became a volunteer to “Climate Reality Los Angeles”, “Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives” and political campaigns. She since lead a successful campaign to get the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is the second largest school district in America, to commit to transitioning to 100% clean and using renewable energy. She has become a committee chair at “LA Climate Reality” which inspired the Green Schools Campaign.

Yasmin Le Bon

You may not know who she is but you have seen the music video "Who is it?"Yasmin portrays as the main girl in Michael Jackson music video she acted as the mistress who was cheating on her love interest (Michael Jackson). Le Bon still models and has daughter following her model footsteps.

Iman

Iman Abdulmajid is a Somali model and fashion designer. She played the role as the wife of Pharaoh in the music video “Remember the Time”alongside Eddie Murphy as Pharaoh and Earvin "Magic" Johnson. The music video was set in an and directed by Oscar nominated John Singleton. Iman admits on Oprah that Michael is an amazing kisser but around the time they did the music video she was engaged to English music rock legend David Bowie. Since the music video, the music has made 460 million views on YouTube. Iman still models and a fashion icon to this day and still lives her late husband's legacy.

Yes she still remembers her time with Michael ❤️

Lisa Marie Presley

This time Presley and Jackson half naked in a Greek setting. After years of their marriage, Presley have filed for divorce. In October 2010 interview with Oprah Winfrey (one year after Jackson's death), Presley revealed that she and Jackson had attempted to reconcile for four years following their divorce. According to reports, Presley is planning to writing a bombshell book about her ex Michael Jackson who knows what she'll write about.

Naomi Campbell

Supermodel Naomi Campbell was 90s favorite black token model. She later became good friends with Michael. Campbell still models, acted in movies, tv shows, commericals and she is now a mother at the age 50.

Kishaya Dudley

The final leading lady in Michael Jackson (which would final video with a leading lady before his 2009 death) "You Rock My World". In the music video, she poafter Jackson and Chris Tucker saw her outside of a Chinese restaurant. They followed her at a bar but Tucker . The video also stars. In the end, Kishaya and Michael reach in for a smooch. After the music video, Kishaya acted in Bulletproof Monk and that was the last acting role she has done. Dudley had been working behind the scenes as a choreography. She has done choreography on films like Roll Bounce, Camp Rock, and Bratz. She has won a VMA award in 2005 for Best Choreography in a Video for Gwen Stefani's "Hollback Girl" music video.