OK, so let's just get "it" out of the way. It's one of the most frequently asked questions on the playground, "How old is Dana "Mama Doll" Hill?" She was born in 1971. So she's 40 year's old and...
She's their beloved Mama Doll! And like any Mama, she's serious about the babies [her Dolls] playing well with others! Way over the stereotypical cat fight some black girls love to involve themselves and the television cameras love to portray, her role on the Black Doll Affair Playground is to remind a black girl of her beauty. Leading black women to a b'huetiful vision of hue, she's been known to pull a Doll off the playground for being "ugly" towards others, with love in her heart she talks first, second, third in hopes of being a charm and removes finally. If it's your goal to board the movement in hopes of becoming the BEST person hue can be, like most of her Dolls you'll love her. If not, well, not so much.
Declared a "Woman to Watch,” by Palm Beach Illustrated Magazine, her college classmates gave her the title "Most Likely to give Oprah a run for her money! If you've ever been in the presence of this alluring woman, you'll realize what everyone else has; she's an unstoppable energy that pushes beyond the status quo to break new ground!
She's been the subject of magazine and newspaper interviews, seen on yellow cabs and when a life-size billboard of her went up at 52nd and Broadway, she created quite a buzz in Times Square. Sports fans have heard her on the airwaves of ESPN Radio and countless others have witnessed her PR & Event production magic for legendary stars like Dan Marino and Ronald McDonald!
Her illustrious career has lead to success as a securer of corporate sponsorships, a spokes model, newspaper journalist, TV and radio broadcaster, marketer, event producer and publicist! After being dubbed, "Queen of Events" and enjoying the title of, "One of the most creative marketing minds around," she left her post at her South Florida publicity firm {Hill Girl, Inc.} and moved to Atlanta. Today, Dana Hill is a PR, Marketing and Event Consultant and founder of The Black Doll Affair™, a project that allows her to make the world a better place!
In response to the new ‘doll test’, in 2007, Dana created the Black Doll Affair™. The Black Doll Affair™ is a social network of beautiful black women who donate black dolls to black girls at Christmas. The philanthropic women of the Black Doll Affair™ are referred to as "The Black Dolls™." The Black Dolls™ are volunteers of all ages and sizes - some are fashion models, while others are role models. By donating beautiful black dolls, all hope their efforts will increase the self-esteem of black girls and remind them of their beauty.
2010: Mama Doll Shares the BDA Story with an incoming group Dolls, new to The Black Doll Affair - *Please note, some rules and regulations have changed since this video.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga, this on and off line movement hosts members from all around the United States and overseas! Invited to the White House, heard on The Tom Joyner Morning Show, seen in Essence, on Oprah's O.W.N. network, The Food Network, Bravo, Style, BET, TV One & VH-1, The Black Doll Affair is a philanthropic social club and movement driven by women referred to as The Black Dolls!
The BlackDoll Affair is a self empowerment movement for black girls and women - NOT a black power movement for black girls and women to gather and talk about "The Man."Supporting roles within The Black Doll Affair arePorcelain Dolls, also referred to as Porcelain Pals. These women are not black and their role is important because they give an alternative voice to the white doll that's silent during doll tests.Located in our BDA Frat House, Brothas are men of all races in support of The Black Dolls and their Affairs. Porcelain Pals and Brothas join The Black Dolls in their mission to remind black girls of their b'huety! The Black Doll Affair Social Club offers a colorful experience for anyone looking to help change the ugly results of the historical doll tests, have fun, play well with others and make the world a better place... for ALL of us!
The Black Doll Affair slogan is "We're pretty...philanthropic!" This slogan reminds all the members of The Black Doll Affair to celebrate the beauty of the black doll. For the Black Dolls themselves, it reminds them that "pretty" has its place, but at the end of the day, true beauty is in service to others. The Black Doll's slogan is "Be a Doll, give a doll!" This acknowledges the Dolls consistent behavior as role models to children and adults, and honors their ongoing efforts of donating black dolls to young black girls for positive role play. To quote the Founder of The Black Doll Affair, Mama Doll, "Dolls are more than toys, they reflect who we are!"
The Black Doll Affair is NOT about the color of your skin. It’s about loving the color of your skin NO MATTER what shade of black. It’s about self-esteem in hue. It's about feeling good the way you were born – dark or light. It’s about black girls and women conquering the self-defeating, self-limiting thought patterns of ‘I’m not good enough because I was born a black girl.’ It’s about loving HUE you are!
Come Celebrate with us!
JOIN!
The Black Dolls Have More Fun!!
And now, a PSA for all those dark girls, "Pretty to be so black"...