Elizabeth Keckley was born into slavery. Using her skills as a dressmaker, she was able to buy her freedom in 1855. Keckley’s superior craftsmanship and design skills won her a number of wealthy clients who loaned her money to secu[...]
Shaun Ross is the First African American Albinistic Model to ever walk down a runway. Born May 10,1991 in the Bronx, New York Ross got his "fame" when he was discovered from a youtube video. For five years he trained at the Alvin[...]
Nadine Willis was the first black model to lead a global Gucci campaign Nadine Willis became the newest face for Gucci in 2003. The Jamaican born Model landed the new campaign for Gucci. She is the first black woman to ever be selec[...]
Renauld White was once the most sought after top black male model in his time. He was the first black male model to appear on the cover of GQ magazine in November 1979. Renauld left modeling to pursue an acting career, he app[...]
Yves Saint Laurent was one of the first designers to introduce black models in his runway shows, which raised many eyebrows at the time. Mounia was discovered by the fashion designer Givenchy in her hometown of Martinique. He encourag[...]
// Jordan Tesfay was the first black plus-size model to appear in a national campaign for Cover Girl Cosmetics. Jordan began her career after winning a MODE Magazine model search competition in 1999. She then went on to become the[...]
Tracee Ellis Ross shows off her new red hair at the Michael Kors Fall 2012 show. I so love her style, I'm so used to her black curly locks, I was excited to see her switch up the color completely. This color really compliments her skin[...]
Seems like everyone wants to go blonde, the next person to jump on the blonde bandwagon is R&B singer Ciara. So what do you think about the dark roots? Should she have gone completely blonde, or steered clear from the color altoget[...]
Tyra Banks made history in 1996. She was the first African-American model to pose on the covers of Sports Illustrated the swimsuit issue(with model Valeria Mazza) and GQ (February 1996). Banks was also the first-ever African American c[...]
Nicki Minaj On February 15, 2012, Nicki was seen on Good Morning America with Ricky Martin discussing HIV/AIDS awareness, and she actually looked Great. Not only was she wearing a stylish Mod color block dress, but she was also rock[...]