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Early life, family and education. Born the first of two children to Gloria Johnson, [8] a surgical technician, Johnson was raised in a middle-class family in Buffalo, New York. During her youth, Johnson was a champion swimmer and aspired to be a lawyer. [4] . Johnson attended Bennett High School, [9] graduating in 1969. [1] .
Aug 29, 2024 · Beverly Johnson is an American model who in the 1970s was the first Black woman to appear on the cover of numerous fashion magazines, including American Vogue and French Elle. She also acted in films and television shows and built her own luxury brand of fashion and beauty products.
Dec 28, 2021 · Johnson’s presence on the August 1974 Vogue cover, in a beauty shot by Francesco Scavullo, was a turning point in her career and the industry’s representation of Black women. With a single...
Jan 9, 2024 · Fifty years ago this year, Beverly Johnson made history as the first Black model on the cover of Vogue magazine.
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Jan 22, 2024 · Beverly Johnson changed fashion after becoming the first Black model to appear on the cover of Vogue. Ahead, a look back at her modeling career.
Jan 16, 2024 · Fifty years after Beverly Johnson became the first Black model to land a Vogue cover, she is still charging ahead through business, entertainment and diversity advocacy.
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A law student at Northeastern University in Boston in the late 1960s, she made a detour into the highly competitive business of modeling and has not looked back. Would she have made a good lawyer? “Oh, I would have been a great one,” she said without missing a beat. Yet, she asserts, there is an alternate Beverly Johnson.
