Tyra Banks will re-enter the field of daytime television in September with FABLife, a lifestyle-focused hour from Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution. The retired supermodel is bringing along Chrissy Teigen as the show’s food guru, Joe Zee as its fashion go-to, Leah Ashley as the DIY diva and Lauren Makk offering home improvement tips. […]
The late Ophelia DeVore died last February, leaving behind a rich legacy in the modeling field and setting a new standard for Black beauty. DeVore was one of the first successful Black models and used her platform to help shape the careers of Diahann Carroll and Cicely Tyson among several others. DeVore was born on this […]
Since last November’s scary incident in which B. Smith went missing for seventeen hours (but was thankfully found safe and sound), we’ve been following her…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant is suing Tyra Banks for $3 million, saying she was improperly denied a top prize because she used to be an escort. City News Service says Angelea Preston filed the breach-of-contract suit Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. It names Banks, who is the […]
Willette Murphy Klausner was so accustomed to success that she didn’t realize she’d achieved a historic first for Black models until years later. Although her name has been overlooked in the annals of fashion history, pushed aside by groundbreaking models like Beverly Johnson and Naomi Sims, in 1961, Ms. Klausner became the first Black model […]
Former restaurant owner B. Smith joins the battle that more than five million Americans face everyday. CBS News reports: Barbara Smith was one of the first African-American models on the cover of Mademoiselle. In 1986, she opened her first B. Smith restaurant in New York City, and two more followed. She hosted a TV program, […]
It looks like Michael Fassbender is back at it again. The handsome British actor of X Men First Class and 12 Years a Slave fame is reportedly now dating supermodel Naomi Campbell. Fassbender’ last public girlfriend was Sleepy Hollow actress Nicole Beharie. Campbell, 43, and Fassbender, 37, were seen out hugging and kissing at London hotspot Coya Tuesday. […]
It can’t be easy being a Victoria’s Secret model. You have to keep your body toned and tight, as you’re walking around in lingerie. You must get cold in public with just a bra and panties on, not to mention the high heels or thigh-high boots you must be able to stroll in as though […]
I am seriously over summer. And thanks to all the top designers fall 2013 fashion campaigns, I am amped and eagerly awaiting the moments that…
