The model, agent and self-proclaimed “revolutionary” has long been fighting for representation in the fashion industry. After modeling in the ’70s and working as an agent — including with her own agency — in the ’80s and ’90s, she felt called upon to step up her efforts and be a larger voice in the industry.
She cofounded the Black Girls Coalition in 1988 with fellow model and close friend Iman to provide advocacy and support for Black models, and she’s a part of PEOPLE’s Women Changing the World.
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What is especially inspiring is that the impacting racism might not have come from the intent to make it racist, which makes reminding everyone to think of the inclusion.
She was fierce in the film THE WIZ during the Emerald City scene.
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This interview is fashion history/woman history/black history gold