Famous 69-year-old Model Returns to Fashion Show
2022-02-21
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1Many years ago, Beverly Johnson was one of the original "supermodels."
2She walked on the runways of fashion shows around the world.
3Today, Johnson is 69 years old.
4She is not letting her age stop her from walking the runways again.
5She has a simple answer for why she decided to return to the fashion world during New York Fashion week: She was asked to.
6Johnson, a writer and businesswoman, helped to break barriers for other Black women in the modeling industry.
7In 1974 at the age of 22, she appeared on the cover of the American Vogue magazine.
8This made her that magazine's first Black cover model.
9She had great success in her modeling career.
10She became a sought-after face for many years, appearing on the covers of hundreds of magazines.
11During this year's Spring New York Fashion Week, Johnson walked the fashion runways for designers Sergio Hudson and Bibhu Mohapatra.
12She was the last model to walk in the Mohapatra show on February 15.
13The crowd clapped and cheered when they recognized her.
14She wore a white, floor-length dress, called a gown, with a dramatic black cape.
15She said that she needed a little practice before the show to get the runway walk right.
16"After I took that walking lesson, I was fine. It's a wonderful, beautiful experience," Johnson told The Associated Press after the show.
17She said she is moved by today's push for more diversity and respect of different cultures in the fashion industry.
18"All of the models were models of color in honor of Black History Month," Johnson said as she started to cry.
19"In 2024, it (will) be my 50th anniversary of that historic cover of being the first Black woman to grace the cover of American Vogue," she added.
20Johnson said Sergio Hudson is a Black designer who is becoming very successful in the fashion industry.
21"It's just wonderful to see this."
22When Johnson was first coming up in the fashion industry in the 1970s,
23she said she did not see this kind of representation by Black designers or models.
24Johnson said she enjoyed spending time with the younger models during this year's New York Fashion Week.
25She found them "beautiful, elegant, and wonderful."
26She noted one big difference between them and her.
27And it was not their ages.
28"The girls are much taller."
29In the Hudson show, she said, no model was under 1.8 meters.
30Back when she was modeling, she said, 1.5 meters was tall enough.
31I'm Anna Matteo.