#black model
“I wanted America to know that beauty isn’t just white. It’s all colors. I wanted to change the way people of color were seen across the United States.”
Read about Ophelia DeVore, the founder of the first black model agency, on her new project with Emory University!
She has launched the careers of Diahann Caroll, a former Grace del Marco model, as well as others through her Ophelia DeVore School of Charm.
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Chanel Iman: “Designers Told Me, ‘We Already Have One Black Girl. We Don’t Need You’”
There’s an exciting crop of black supermodels emerging, and 22 year-old Chanel Iman is arguably on the top of the list. Iman has modeled for Victoria’s Secret, GAP, DKNY and Ralph Lauren, and appeared on the covers of Teen Vogue, Italian Elle, i-D Magazine and more. She is the youngest black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue, and only the third black model to have done so. It’s interesting to hear that even she is faced with blocked opportunities and closed doors due to racism when she encounters designers who believe one black model is more than enough.
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Katiti Kironde: Glamour Magazine’s First Black Cover Model
In August 1968, Kironde became the first woman of color to ever grace the cover of Glamour magazine. Kironde, who was 18-years-old at the time and an undergraduate at Harvard University, applied for Glamour’s “Top 10 Best Dressed College Girls” competition and won the highest honor. The issue was not only a milestone for the then 30-year-old publication, but it was…
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Aya Jones.
Text from models.com
An incredible face deserves an incredible start and Aya Jones showed up in all the right places this season. From her debut as a Prada exclusive to selective turns at Miu Miu, Valentino and Sonia Rykiel Aya made an impact. With campaign season right around the corner Aya is poised to show up somewhere else very selective very soon.
Image from The Fashion Spot
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“People with not just albinism but all sorts of different people in general exist on an everyday level. We have people in this world who are transsexual, we have people who are gay, we have people who are lesbian.”
Not Your Average Male Model: Shaun Ross Talks Beyoncé and Bullying
Shaun Ross is not lacking in the self-confidence department. “I always knew that I was going to be something great.” the model/actor told ELLE.com on a recent afternoon. And why wouldn’t he be? Ross has walked the runway for Givenchy and Alexander McQueen; he considers Beyoncé “something like family”; and he’s starred in highly artistic music videos opposite bigwig pop stars including Katy Perry (“E.T.”) and Lana Del Rey (the recently released short film, “Tropico”). Added Ross, “I’m thankful but I’m not surprised.”
Fair enough. Still, the 22-year-old is the first to cop to the fact that this exact form of success—namely a meteoric ascension in the notoriously fickle high-fashion universe—is nothing short of miraculous. Not to mention unprecedented: Ross has albinism, a congenital disorder that results in the production of little to no pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes. He’s also African American. To say his look is unique among male models would be an understatement.
Image from Elle
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