Naomi Sims As one of the world's first black supermodels, Sims personified the term “Black is beautiful,” while breaking racial barriers both on the runway and as a businesswoman. Naomi Sims is considered the first black supermodel to ever land the cover for Ladies Home Journal in November 1968. She broke barriers during a time when African American models were scarce. Naomi Ruth Sims was born on March 30, 1948, in Oxford, Mississippi the third of three daughters of John and Elizabeth Sims.[...]