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Patricia Cleveland (born June 23, 1950) is an American fashion model who initially attained success in the 1960s and 1970s and was one of the first African-American models within the fashion industry to achieve prominence as a runway model and print model.
Jun 15, 2016 · Pat Cleveland was 16 years old when she was told she would never make it as a model. It was the late Sixties, and Cleveland, who had just signed with Ford Models, was sitting nervously in a...
Jun 15, 2016 · A Vogue editor discovered the then-14-year-old on a subway platform, chased her down and set her on the road to becoming a fashion model.
Aug 14, 2014 · Pat Cleveland. Model Pat Cleveland was born in New York City on June 23, 1950. Her father, Johnny Johnston, was a saxophonist; her mother, Lady Bird Cleveland, a painter. After her parents separated, Cleveland was raised by her mother in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
Mar 21, 2018 · When Pat Cleveland was 14 years old, a woman stopped her on the street to ask about her look. Cleveland, then an art student, had designed her own garments: a miniskirt (“pre-Twiggy,” she...
Oct 10, 2023 · To the world, she’s known as a creative tour de force and one of the first Black supermodels. To Anna Cleveland, she’s known as Mom. A migrating monument in fashion history, Pat Cleveland was present at the industry’s most iconic and defining moments.
Jun 23, 2018 · In honor of Cleveland's 71st birthday, a look back at the striking beauty that cemented her status as one of the fashion world's most beloved renegades.
