Name	Ken Paves
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Naionality	American
Date of Birth
Place of Birth	America
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Paves was born in the Detroit suburb of New Baltimore, Michigan as the youngest of three children of Helen (who is of Portuguese and Filipino descent) and Gary Paves. Pavés credits his mother Helen for his entry into the world of hair and fashion, saying that when she dressed up 'she turned almost into a superhero.' He came out of the closet to his parents before going to school. He graduated in 1994 from a cosmetology school in St. Clair Shores.After school, he pleaded to be the assistant star stylist Oribe in Miami - a job that paid USD$75 a week - and relocated there with longtime partner Fred Geiger. He would moonlight doing strippers' hair until 4 A.M. When these clients showed up in Oribe's shop during regular business hours, Oribe learned that Pavés could do 'big, beautiful hair.'

Pavés studied hair design at "Vidal Sassoon Academy" and "Toni & Guy Institute". He traveled with other celebrity hair stylists during tours of Europe where Pavés created hairstyles in conjunction with couture collections for Versace, Valentino and others. However, he met his most regular client, Jessica Simpson, in 1998 when she hired him as the stylist for her imminent album cover.

In 2002, Pavés met (Hairboutique.com) founder Karen Marie Shelton at a "Seventeen" magazine shoot in Dallas, Texas for Jessica Simpson. Pavés and Shelton formed an ongoing collaboration where his celebrity hair advice was initially featured (with exclusive celebrity hair tips) on the Internet through the (Hairboutique.com) website. Also beginning in 2002, Pavés appeared regularly on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" creating a series of hair make-overs for Oprah Winfrey audiences. Pavés has appeared on several episodes of MTV's reality show "Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica" starring Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey in addition to his appearances on MTV, VH-1 and similar entertainment shows, providing hair care tips.

In 2004 Pavés launched Flawless by Pavés Professional which was originally sold in Walgreens and on (Hairboutique.com) . In 2006 he launched a line of clip-on hair extensions that he created in partnership with Jessica Simpson and the HairUWear company. The resulting product, Hairdo, is designed for home usage and everyday wear. The two are also featured in the video "Simpson & Ken Paves: Behind the Scenes", a brief video designed to show the inspiration behind the line, as well as the feasibility of the hair pieces for the every day woman. The video is featured at most websites that carry the hair pieces.

Pavés has worked with celebrities such as Eva Longoria, Carmen Electra, Céline Dion, Kim Cattrall, Christina Applegate, Heather Locklear, , , and along with others since the mid 1990s. His hair designs have appeared in beauty, fashion and hair publications including "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Celebrity Living", "Life & Style Weekly" and "".== Charity ==Pavés is a celebrity spokesperson for Charity and has accompanied Jessica Simpson on International Trips on behalf of the charity.Jessica Simpson has served as its International Youth Ambassador of since 2003 when Pavés introduced her to the organization.He currently is part of a project called 'Hair U Wear', which helps provide wigs for cancer patients.also sold the wigs are sold on hsn == Filmography ==*"Jessica Simpson: A Public Affair" (2006) (TV) .... Himself*"" (2005) ... hair stylist: Ms. Lopez, additional photography) ... aka Schwiegermonster, Das (Germany)*"Jersey Girl" (2004) (hair stylist: Jennifer Lopez)*"You Don't Know Jack... About MonsterFest" (2001) (TV) (Hair stylist and makeup artist to Carmen Elektra)*"" (2001) (hair stylist for ms. lopez) == Notes ====External links==*" (The official site of Ken Paves Salon) "* (Ken Paves at IMDB) * (Ken Paves archive at Hairboutique.com) * (Ken Paves hairdo extensions)