Beverly Johnson Quotes

Beverly Ann Johnson is an American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Johnson rose to fame when she became the first black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974, after Donyale Luna was the first black model to appear on the cover of British Vogue in 1966. In 2012, Johnson was the star of the reality series Beverly's Full House that aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network . In 2008, The New York Times named Johnson one of the 20th century's most influential people in fashion. Wikipedia

✵ 13. October 1952

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Beverly Johnson Quotes

“At my moment, there was always a token black person. And in the ’70s I became that token black person. It brings out the worst in people when they think there’s only one spot, where for everyone else there are lots of spots.”

Beverly Johnson

On her past rivalry with Iman in “10 Questions With Beverly Johnson” https://time.com/4004384/10-questions-with-beverly-johnson/ in Time Magazine (2015 Aug 20)