Beverly Johnson
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Beverly Ann Johnson 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.
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…I tell them the funny stories of the models trying to knock me off of the runway. They are laughing and giggling. I get them. Then we do a fashion show.
On working with rape victims at the Barbara Sinatra Center for Abused Children in “Beverly Johnson: ‘Always a Supermodel’ [INTERVIEW”] in
I believe that every culture contributes to fashion. But, I do remember Polly Mellen telling me, 'You know where we got hot pants from?
On how African Americans influenced fashion in “41 Years Later, Beverly Johnson Reflects On Being Vogue's First Black Cover Model” in
At my moment, there was always a token black person. And in the ’70s I became that token black person.
On her past rivalry with Iman in “10 Questions With Beverly Johnson” in Time magazine (2015 Aug 20)
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Beverly Ann Johnson 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. In 2012, Johnson was the star of the reality series Beverly's Full House that aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). In 2008, The New York Times named Johnson one of the 20th century's most influential people in fashion.
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