// // ]]> Beverly Johnson was the first black model to cover American Vogue on the 1974 August issue and French Elle a year later, becoming the first black model to cover both publications. Beverly got her start after landing a job with Glamour magazine, soon after her career begins to take off. Johnson signed with the Ford Modeling Agency and was one of the highest-paid models in the industry in a very short period of time. She has walked the runway for such designers as Yves St. Laurent,[...]