Beverly Johnson
It had been an honor for the African American actress to partake. It became the first-ever African American model to appear on the cover of Vogue in 1974, which paved the way to other African-American models who dreamt of becoming world-class models. A year later, she again had broken the barrier when she appeared in the cover of the French Elle. Johnson eventually became a successful actress. In 2014, Johnson authored an article in Vanity fair about Bill Cosby about drugging her in the 80s. After that, she wrote her memoir entitled The Face That Changed It All.
Beverly Johnson
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