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Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), also known as BanX, [2] [3] is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first Black American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared three times.
Gail O'Neill (February 6, 1962 – October 10, 2023) was an American fashion model, born to Jamaican parents. She became a television journalist. As a fashion model, she was considered one of the elite black models in the world. She was on covers of leading fashion magazines and a part of the highly publicized Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Born. (1942-09-30) September 30, 1942 (age 81) Brooklyn, New York. Children. Kadeem Hardison. Bethann Hardison is an American fashion model and activist. [1] Hardison became one of the first high-profile black models after her appearance at the 1973 Battle of Versailles fashion show. [2] She is also known for her activism on diversity in the ...
The parents gave their children relatively uncommon or unique names to offset having the most common surname in the United States. [19] Smith has a daughter, Gravity Blue Smith, born in 2017 with his former partner Stormi Henley. [20] On February 21, 2020, Smith married model Nara Pellman, who is of South African and German descent. [21]
Europe at the time was seen as more accepting of white-passing Black models, such as Ophelia Devore, who had modeled herself and had her own agency's models working in Paris, or Dorothea Church in the 1950s and unmistakably African-American models like Dolores Francine Rhiney , who was the first Black model to walk on the European catwalk.
Chase Carter – Bahamian model of biracial heritage, she has been on the cover of Maxim. Dorothea Church – African-American pioneering model. She was the first successful black fashion model in Paris. Pat Cleveland – African-American model of the 1970s who was the muse of Halston, Yves Saint Laurent and Stephen Burrows.
Anok Yai (/ əˈnɒk / ə-NOK; born December 20, 1997) is an American fashion model. She is the first model of South Sudanese descent and the second black supermodel after Naomi Campbell to open a Prada show. [3][4] She has made several appearances on i-D and international Vogue covers, including American Vogue three times.
Chief Ibiagbanidokibubo Asenite 'Agbani' Darego, MFR [3] (born 22 December 1982) is a Nigerian model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2001. She was the first black African to win Miss World .