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Shari Belafonte – model of the 1980s. Yasmin Benoit – English model and asexual activist specializing in alternative fashion and lingerie; Samile Bermannelli – Brazilian model who has walked for Ralph Lauren, Valentino, and Fendi. Minah Ogbenyealu Bird – Nigerian model and actress active in the UK in the 1970s.
Darine Stern was the first African-American model featured on the cover of Playboy magazine by herself (Oct. 1971), but she was never a playmate. Jennifer Jackson Miss March 1965 (first African-American to be a centerfold) Jean Bell Miss October 1969 (second African-American to be a centerfold, first to be a cover model - Jan. 1970)
After appearing in advertisements for Kodak, Rebecca Ayoko went in 1980 to Paris, France, where she was noticed by Hachette Filipacchi's team. She also met Regis Pagniez, then director of Lui, and joined the Glamor model agency. She met with Yves Saint Laurent, and became one of the first few black models to walk at events in the mid-1980s. She ...
Elle Macpherson holds the record for most swimsuit issue covers, with five Tyra Banks was the first African American swimsuit issue cover model Camille Kostek landed a solo cover in 2019 after being scouted in the issue's first ever open casting call This is the chronological history of cover models for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has grown from ...
In 1980, Sheila Johnson and her husband, Robert, co-founded Black Entertainment Television, popularly known as BET. ... the event offered a unique runway for Black models and designers like ...
Beverly Ann Johnson [1] [3] (born October 13, 1952) [4] is an American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Johnson rose to fame when she became the first Black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974, after Donyale Luna was the first Black model to appear on the cover of British Vogue in 1966.
This Bronx-born fashion model first broke boundaries in the 1990s by establishing himself as one of the first famous Black American male models with well-known campaigns like his 1999 ad for Guess ...
In the #VogueChallenge, Black photographers and designers have been creating mock-up Vogue covers featuring Black models, and the results are stunning. This is what Vogue would look like if it ...