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Beverly Ann Johnson es una modelo, actriz, cantante y empresaria estadounidense. Johnson alcanzó la fama al convertirse en la primera modelo negra en aparecer en la portada de American Vogue en agosto de 1974, después de que Donyale Luna fuera la primera modelo negra en aparecer en la portada de British Vogue en 1966. En 2012, Johnson fue la estrella de la serie de telerrealidad Beverly's Full House que se emitió en Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). En 2008, The New York Times nombró a Johnson una de las personas más influyentes del siglo XX en la moda.
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“For generations in this country, beauty was traditionally represented by three very distinct ideals in virtually all media: blond hair, blue eyes and fair skin...My cover shattered that notion forever….Women of color could boldly say to the world, ‘Hey, look at me! I’m here and I have value and I am beautiful.'”
“I believe that every culture contributes to fashion. But, I do remember Polly Mellen telling me, 'You know where we got hot pants from? We used to go up to Harlem and we would just look at what all the community people were wearing.'”
“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.”
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