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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.
Also, along with former model and friend Iman, Hardison co-founded the Black Girls Coalition in 1988 to provide advocacy and support to African American models. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] In 1996, Hardison turned her attention towards television where she co-executive produced television sitcoms “ Between Brothers ” and “Livin Large.”
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ... (11 P) Pages in category "African-American female models"
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.
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The original Grandassa Models were Clara Lewis, Black Rose, [2] Helene Nomsa Brath, Priscilla Bardonille, Mari Toussaint, Esther Davenport, Wanda Sims, and Beatrice Cramston, and Jean Gumbs. Members wore their hair naturally, which was considered taboo in the 1950s, and represented a range of body sizes and skin colors.
This is a list of contestants who have appeared on the American television show America's Next Top Model.Hosted by model Tyra Banks and her panel of judges, a number of aspiring models compete to win a modeling contract with a top modeling agency, a cover and/or spread in a fashion magazine, and a cosmetics campaign.
Naomi Ruth Sims (March 30, 1948 – August 1, 2009) [2] was an American model, businesswoman and author. She is widely credited as being one of the first African-American supermodels . Sims was the first African-American model to appear on the covers of Ladies' Home Journal and Life .