Beverly Johnson

 

Born October 13, 1952 USA

Height:1.75 m

 

Model, actress, and businesswoman.

She made history when she rose to fame as the first black model to appear

on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974.

 

A year later, she became the first black woman to appear on the cover

of the French edition of Elle.

 

Star of the reality series Beverly's Full House on the Oprah Winfrey Network .

 

Johnson was honoured in 2006 at Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball along with

Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Tina Turner and other female African Americans in entertainment, civil rights, and the arts.

 

Beverly was named by New York Times as one of the

20th century's most influential people in fashion.

• Naomi Campbell

• Tyra Banks

• Iman Abdulmajid

• Roshumba Williams

• Alek Wek

• Beverly Peele

• Veronica Webb

• Kimora Lee Simmons

• Liya Kebede