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Veronica Webb – first Black model who signed with a major cosmetics company . Alek Wek – Sudanese model who, aside from gracing magazine covers and being featured in ad campaigns, has walked the runway for high-profile fashion designers such as John Galliano, Donna Karan, and Calvin Klein.
The New York Times wrote that (her) "appearance as the first black model on the cover of Ladies' Home Journal in November 1968 was a consummate moment of the Black is beautiful movement". [9] [10] She also appeared on the cover of the October 17, 1969, issue of Life magazine. [9] This made her the first African-American model on the cover of ...
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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)
Darine Stern (November 16, 1947 – February 5, 1994) [1] [2] was an American model and the first African-American model featured on the cover of Playboy magazine by herself. Biography [ edit ]
[11] [37] [19] Richard Avedon believed that he was no longer allowed to work with Luna due to "racial prejudice and the economics of the fashion business.” [22] [28] McCabe later stated he believed that "the magazine world really wasn't ready for photographing beautiful Black women”. [28] Black models were shown only through "a racial ...
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The lists are nearly exclusive to female models, as the magazine rarely compiles a list based on male models—the last time being in 2013. [4] [a] The modeling industry is a women-dominated sector, one of the few industries where the gender pay gap is reversed, where male models typically earn far less than their counterparts. [5]