Where can I find the first black supermodel Naomi Sims pictures?
A tall, striking, confident, chiseled, brown-skinned beauty, she has forever changed how America defines beautiful. Related Photos Michelle Obama’s Fashion Diplomacy Specials Style & Design: Fashion’s New Attitude Stories The Role Of Race Fashion: Black Look in Beauty More Related Is Obama Black Enough? The Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrest: When Race Matters What Obama’s Election Really Means to Black America No, I am not speaking of our lovely First Lady, Michelle Obama. I am speaking of Naomi Sims. Sims, who died on Aug. 1 of cancer at age 61, was one of the first black supermodels. Her appearance on the cover of Ladies’ Home Journal in 1968 broke the color barrier at mainstream women’s magazines, and she went on to grace the covers of Cosmopolitan, Essence and Life. While she was not the only successful black model from that era (there were others, among them Donyale Luna), she was the first dark-skinned model to enjoy such a measure of mainstream success. (Read about the role of race i
Head over to http://photos.essence.com/galleries/remembering_pioneering_black_model_naomi_sims to see the gallery Essence has put together to commemorate Naomi Sims. One of the world’s first Black supermodels, Mississippi-born beauty Naomi Sims, passed away August 3, 2009, after a bout with cancer. She was 61. Sims personified the term “Black is beautiful,” while breaking racial barriers both on the runway and as businesswoman. Sources: http://photos.essence.
As the first African American cover girl, Naomi Sims broke barriers for many of today’s hottest supermodels. … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNH6TT9ItgBt1JImSkVaeXdh9MNrMA&sig2=KKX7KmprlQBaoX_8js-f8Q&cid=1404028903&ei=nNJ4StjQIYiQ9QSO4_26Ag&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.manolith.
