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PHOTOS: FINALLY!

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 05.21.2013 | Black Voices

We spend a lot of time chronicling the lack of diversity in the fashion industry. And for good reason--it's a major problem. When top fashion magazine...

ANTM Headed To Africa!

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 04.30.2013 | Black Voices

Here's something to smize about--"America's Next Top Model" is heading to Africa! Tyra Banks is yet again setting her sights overseas and expandin...

WATCH: Jourdan Dunn Explains That Racist Encounter

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 04.02.2013 | Black Voices

We're still trying to get over Jourdan Dunn revealing that a makeup artist refused to work with her because she was black. Crazy, right? Well, the ...

PHOTO: Meet Fashion's New 'Face'

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.29.2013 | Black Voices

Devyn Abdullah is the first winner of "The Face," Naomi Campbell's modeling reality show on the Oxygen Network. The 21-year-old New York City native b...

More Shocking Tales Of Fashion Industry Racism

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 04.02.2013 | Black Voices

Model Chanel Iman recently spoke out about dealing with racism in the fashion industry and now Jourdan Dunn is following suit. The 22-year-old Bri...

WATCH: 'I Don't Really Consider Myself As A Black Girl Model'

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.22.2013 | Black Voices

With all the talk about the lack of diversity within the fashion industry, you'd think black models would band together for support and show the world...

Should White Women Grace The Cover Of Black Magazines?

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.19.2013 | Black Voices

We've talked a lot about the lack of diversity within the fashion industry and amongst mainstream magazines. Women and men of color are grossly underr...

'We Already Found One Black Girl. We Don’t Need You'

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.26.2013 | Black Voices

The topic of racism in the fashion industry has reared its ugly head one too many times over the past several months. There was that ELLE France gaffe...

Numéro Magazine Apologizes For Blackface Fashion Editorial

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.27.2013 | Black Voices

Numéro Magazine has found itself in the middle of a racially-charged firestorm after using a highly bronzed white model in one of its fashion editori...

REALLY? Magazine Uses White Model For 'African Queen' Editorial

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.27.2013 | Black Voices

It was bad enough we had to report on T Magazine's glaring lack of diversity in its relaunch issue, which was followed with an apology from its Editor...

T Magazine Apologizes For Lack Of Diversity

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.21.2013 | Black Voices

Unfortunately, we've become accustom to the lack of diversity reflected in the pages of the top fashion and lifestyle magazines. Will there ever come ...

Veronica Webb Makes Beauty History...

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.06.2013 | Black Voices

In celebration of Black History Month we're looking back at groundbreaking moments in fashion, beauty and beyond. There are plenty of firsts, little-k...

Naomi Sims: 'Black Is Beautiful' Trailblazer

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.04.2013 | Black Voices

In celebration of Black History Month we're looking back at groundbreaking moments in fashion, beauty and beyond. There are plenty of firsts, little-k...

Glamour's First Black Cover Model!

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.01.2013 | Black Voices

In celebration of Black History Month we're looking back at groundbreaking moments in fashion, beauty and beyond. There are plenty of firsts, little-k...

Naomi Sims' 1920s Style

The Huffington Post | Amanda McGowan | Posted 12.06.2012 | Style

Naomi Sims had an unlikely rise to the top. She came from a troubled home, spent time in foster care and was ostracized by her peers for her height (s...

NSFW PHOTO: Naomi Goes Topless For Interview Magazine

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 11.28.2012 | Black Voices

Newsflash: Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss pose topless for Interview magazine! Ok, so it isn't anything you haven't seen before--but we've got to sa...

WATCH: Clothing Line Combines Fashion And Philanthropy

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 11.27.2012 | Black Voices

Since 2009 the Obakki clothing collection has been the definition of philanthropic fashion. With 100 percent of the proceeds from each garment sold su...

PHOTOS: Black and Beautiful Vogue Cover Girls

Yvonna Russell | Posted 01.20.2013 | Style
Yvonna Russell

The cover of Vogue is the pinnacle of any model's career. The honor can lead to high-end fashion and beauty contracts, film, TV and commercial roles and entrepreneurial enterprises.

PHOTO: Rihanna Does It Again!

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 10.15.2012 | Black Voices

We knew it was coming and it's finally here. Rihanna spilled the beans last month, photographer Annie Leibovitz cosigned and now we've got visual ...

Beverly Johnson Rubs Her Skin With... Fish Oil?

The Huffington Post | Dana Oliver | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style

Models are used to sitting for hours backstage at fashion shows or photo shoots to get made up. And when you've been lucky enough to settle in the cha...

The Five Most Popular Eyes in Modeling

Ben Arogundade | Posted 07.17.2012 | Celebrity
Ben Arogundade

Here is a set of search stats, gleaned from Google's keyword tool -- the most popular eyes in modeling. The top five yields some interesting stats:

25 Black Models Who Broke Barriers

The Huffington Post | Dana Oliver | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style

Before Chanel Iman appeared on the covers of American Vogue and Italian Elle, and before Jourdan Dunn became the first black model to walk Prada's run...

PHOTOS: Black Models Land Major Fashion Campaigns

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 06.29.2012 | Black Voices

Spring has sprung--at least in the world of fashion. And we're in love with all the fabulous warm-weather-wear campaigns from the top fashion hous...

Julee Wilson

Film On Iconic Black Models In The Works

HuffingtonPost.com | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.03.2012 | Black Voices

It's been almost 40 years since the legendary Versailles models of 1973 shocked the world with their style and beauty--and put American fashion on the...

Salvador Dali's Favorite Supermodel

Ben Arogundade | Posted 02.04.2012 | Black Voices
Ben Arogundade

The renowned surrealist painter Salvador Dali's meeting with seminal African-American supermodel, Donyale Luna, at his hideaway in the Spanish fishing village of Cadaqués, Catalonia in 1966 marked an amazing moment where art and beauty collide.