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Table of Contents

Guide

Iconic Black Women

Who Revolutionized Fashion

MODELS

SUPREME

Iconic Black Women

Who Revolutionized Fashion

Abrams, New York

Marcellas Reynolds

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Foreword by Veronica Webb

MODELS

SUPREME

CONTENT

S

MODEL

MAGIC.

Foreword by Veronica Webb

ING IS

Modeling at its best creates images that portray women in com-

mand of health and wealth, while utilizing all the beauty the world

has to offer. The magic of modeling lies in casting a spell; it begins

by applying your intelligence and imagination to the challenge

of How will I go out and conquer the world today? Glamorous

enchantments conjured up in the privacy of your bathroom or on

the gowomen waving a mascara wand over their eyelashes in

the rearview mirror on the way to work.

Magic happens all over the world, every day, with women using

fashion and beauty to enhance their control over a situation. Ive

experienced absolute heights of confidence-building at dressing-

room tables backstage as a makeup artist and hairdresser artfully

apply makeup to show me at my best. Designers have taught me

how to use clothes as armor that not only flatters my silhouette

but also helps me establish and defend my position in the world.

I love the feeling of holding the world in thrall when a full-blown

version of my dream self emerges. Modeling may indeed be

a form of magic, but Im about to make one of the biggest

myths about models go poof!: Effortless is bullshit. Dont. Ever.

Forget. That.

Modeling is hard work. For a model to make money and be suc-

cessful, shed better work out like a pro athlete and eat like a heart

surgeon. The dark side of the industry is loneliness and physical

deprivation. I admit I was hungry for the better part of twenty

years to maintain the industrys ideal on-camera and runway

weight. Theres a lot of suffering involved in being a successful

model. Never turn down a great job unless its a matter of life or

deathor if you cant show up and be at your best. I missed huge

chunks of my familys lifefamily time Ill never get backliving

in New York and Paris while they were all in Detroit.

Time and modeling are not friends; careers are short, typically

three to five years at best. Most do not make a lot of money model-

ing. There are a number of expenses involved in creating a career

as a model: maintaining an apartment in a major fashion city like

Paris, New York, Milan, or Los Angeles; flying to follow the work

in those fashion capitals; accountants, lawyers (never sign any-

thing without a lawyer looking it over), beauty treatments, gyms,

and personal trainers. Plus the cost of the wardrobe it takes to

be presentable at castings. All that adds up to nearly one year

of college tuition, most of which comes out of the models own

pocket until shes made enough to cover expenses. If a model is

fortunate enough to become a favorite among magazines and the

few designers that have big budgets, these expenses are covered,

but only while the model is at the top. Whats a models largest

expenditure? Agency fees. The modeling agency standard is to

take 20 percent from the model and another 20 percent from the

clientwhich is 40 percent of the income a model generates.

Modeling is not easy, but its exciting. Access to the worlds most

beautiful cities, best restaurants, and cultural events were some

of the jobs greatest perks. I flourished under the wings of great

designers. Azzedine Alaa, who personally fought for me to get

my first magazine covers and made the most exquisite clothes in

the history of fashion. Karl Lagerfeld, who championed me as a

muse and model on the runways of Chanel and introduced me

to European royalty, letting me know I belonged anywhere in

the world I might choose to go. Isaac Mizrahi, the fearless boy

genius of fashion, whose wit and whimsy in his masterful collec-

tions expanded the boundaries of what a designer could be. Our

friendship gave me the courage to branch out into my career as

a writer. Isaac also, always, no matter what, LOVED MY HAIR.

Thank you, Isaac, for always featuring black womens beauty.

Ive seen modeling as magical since I was a little girl staring at

women I idolized and dreamed of working with one dayall of

whom are women you will meet in the pages of this book.

Supreme

Models

celebrates the power of black women models not only to

inspire and transform attitudes of personal beauty, but also to

educate the world about the beauty of our hair, our lips, our hips,

and all the glorious shades of black womens skin, from alabaster

to onyx. With this, modeling is also powerful.

What means the most to me about my career? I have black, brown,

Latin, and Asian women approach me all over the world and say,

When I saw you on the cover of

Elle,

I knew I was beautiful,

too. There are times when these stories move me to tears. I had

a chance encounter in line at the grocery store with a woman who

recognized me from modeling. Her skin was a beautiful shade of

mahogany. She had a crown of coarse, curly hair, broad features,

and an uneasy smile. She shared this story with me: My parents

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