Most Successful African-American ModelsFamous Adfrican American Models

Decades have passed since Naomi Sims, the first African-American supermodel, made the cover of Life magazine in 1969 and Beverly Johnson was the first black woman on the cover of Vogue in 1974, but African-American models remain underrepresented.

Find out more about some of the most successful African-American models, from trailblazers who created new opportunities for younger models to new faces that are making a big impact and represent the new wave in the modeling world.

Tyra Banks

The first African-American woman to appear on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue could have rested on her laurels, but Tyra continued to push boundaries.