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  1. Height. 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Hair color. Dark brown. Eye color. Brown. Beverly Ann Johnson [1] [3] (born October 13, 1952) [4] is an American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Johnson rose to fame when she became the first black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974, after Donyale Luna was the first black model to ...

  2. Peak height was 5ft 8 ½ (174 cm) American fashion model and actress. In her biography she described herself as "five-foot-nine-inch" and mentioned her Native American Grandfather was 5ft 3 and her Father (and his Mother) were almost 6ft 3. However, in her book "True Beauty" said "Weight has been my big obsession.

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  4. Jan 22, 2024 · Johnson’s next frontier was the big screen. In 1979, she landed her first leading role alongside Michael Caine in Richard Fleischer’s “Ashanti.”. Johnson’s acting career continued into ...

  5. Jan 16, 2024 · One imagines Beverly Johnson posing a similar question to herself in the lead-up to a very significant anniversary: Nearly 50 years ago, in August 1974, Johnson, a 22-year-old from Buffalo, New ...

  6. Dec 28, 2021 · December 28, 2021. Beverly Johnson is used to doing the impossible. Johnson, a former competitive swimmer and law student, came on the fashion scene in the 1970s. At the time the industry’s ...

  7. Jan 13, 2024 · But Beverly Johnson was not short on brass. She had been quick in the early 1970s to sign with the formidable model agent Eileen Ford — and just as swift, at 19, to inform her, “I want to be ...

  8. Jan 16, 2024 · Boundaries-breaking Model and Advocate Beverly Johnson Looks at Life and the Fashion Industry With a Critical Eye. In honor of the 50th anniversary of her historic Vogue cover, Johnson has a one ...

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