Naomi Sims - "Naomi is the first", quoted Halston.... The FIT student turn model turn multi-million dollar wig maker was the one created the 'Black is Beautiful' movement when she appeared on the cover for Ladies' Home Journal. Due to the racist crisis, the society barely have interest with black girls. Therefore she have to struggle her way through by going directly to photography in order make for what she is know as first Black Supermodel. After being picked for the nationalwide TV Ad for AT&T she was a household name and stardom hardly left her until recently, she died of breast cancer.
Donyale Luna - The "almost-factory-girl" were also one of the early dark beau. Luna spent her off-hours partying at Andy Warhol's Factory and canoodling with the likes of Rolling Stones rocker Brian Jones and sometime paramour Klaus Kinski. Her nightlife pursuits took their toll on both her career and her health, and on May 17, 1979, she was pronounced dead in the hands of drug. First black model in British Vogue. Named model of the year in 1966 and she have Adel Roostein mannequin to her face!
Beverly Johnsons - broke down the doors for black supermodel by being the first dark swan to appear in 1974's Vogue. The once champion swimmer and with an ambition to be a lawyer also appeared in the cover of Glamour that made the circulation the particular issue doubled!
