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Chanel Iman Helps Tyra Banks Carry on the Vogue Italia Legacy
Chanel Iman Helps Tyra Banks Carry on the Vogue Italia Legacy August 12, 2008 2:58 pm >> Good news: that July 2008 Vogue Italia?  It's still resounding — and not just on the covers of other magazines.  Today, one of the Vogue Italia stars, Tyra Banks, taped an episode of The Tyra Banks Show on West 26th Street in New York celebrating black models of the past and present in honor of the Vogue Italia "Black Issue." Joining her and voicing first-hand accounts of their industry experience were Chanel Iman, Beverly Johnson, Noemie Lenoir, and Pat Cleveland.  I'm not usually a big fan of the show, but this episode — which airs Sept.
Naomi Sims, "First Black Supermodel," Dead at 61
Naomi Sims, "First Black Supermodel," Dead at 61 August 3, 2009 5:58 pm >> The title of "first black supermodel" has been handed out to Beverly Johnson, the first African American woman to score the cover of Vogue, or Donyale Luna, who Vogue named model of the year in 1966, but Naomi Sims, who died of cancer Saturday, at 61, held her own right to the title.  Halston referred to her as "the first [black supermodel]" in 1974: "She was the great ambassador for all black people.