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Peggy Ann Freeman (August 31, 1945 – May 17, 1979), known professionally as Donyale Luna, was an American model and actress who gained popularity in Western Europe during the late 1960s.
Donyale Luna: Supermodel (2023) 1 Video. 5 Photos. The world's first black supermodel, Luna was born Peggy Ann Freeman was in Detroit and grew up there in the northeast side of the city. Her father, Nathaniel Freeman, worked for almost 40 years at Ford Motor Company, usually in the foundry.
Sep 15, 2023 · Luna is known as the first Black supermodel, who made huge strides in the 60s, despite intense racial discrimination at the time.
Sep 18, 2023 · Donyale Luna Changed The Face Of Fashion In The ’60s. Now, The Revolutionary Black Model Is Finally Getting Her Due. As HBO releases a new documentary about Donyale Luna’s incredible life, revisit her daughter Dream Cazzaniga’s personal essay about her mother’s legacy from the May 2019 issue of British Vogue.
Sep 13, 2023 · HBO’s Donyale Luna: Supermodel, now streaming, explores her life and influence via a trove of diary entries, archival footage, and interviews with those who knew Luna best.
Mar 29, 2024 · It is likely that we have come across Donyale Luna’s photographs at some point. An impossibly leggy woman with a piercing gaze, she was the first Black supermodel to work with Andy Warhol,...
Sep 20, 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — As the first Black model to grace the cover of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, a muse to Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali and a film star, Donyale Luna’s life story was ready made for Hollywood. So how did the statuesque beauty who broke down barriers go unknown for years?
Aug 28, 2023 · HBO has debuted the first trailer for Donyale Luna: Supermodel, a documentary exploring the life, career and legacy of one of the first Black models to grace the cover of a Vogue magazine.
Feb 14, 2016 · Donyale Luna became the first black woman in the world to appear on the cover of a major fashion magazine. Her lithe body and mesmerizing features took her to first to New...
Sep 20, 2023 · As the first Black model to grace the cover of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, a muse to Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali and a film star, Donyale Luna’s life story was ready made for Hollywood.
