Diahann Carroll at the 1969 Academy Awards with Don Marshall
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DYNASTY: Enter Dominique Deveraux
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Alexis (Joan Collins) meets her new nemesis Dominique Deveraux (Diahann Carroll).
Read MoreDynasty: Dominique Deveraux, Blake Carrington’s long-lost half-sister.
Diahann Carroll with John F. Kennedy. During Carmen she meets Marlon Brando. He pats her on the “fannie” but finds that she is a proper young lady, when she remarks “I beg your pardon” — a line she will continue to assert in Hollywood. Later he sends her An Actor Prepares and takes her out […]
Read MoreDynasty: Krystle Carrington
Straight from Dynasty, it’s Linda Evans as Krystle! Didn’t you know? Barbie loves classic TV! Shoulder pads included! The hottest trends from the 1980s are back in a big way in the Newly Nostalgic series! Featured in the 80s drama Dynasty is the deliciously delightful and beautiful Krystle character… now depicted as the Krystle Carrington […]
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The first notable African American fashion model and the first black cover girl. In March 1966 she became the first African American model to appear on the cover of Vogue, a foreign issue. Earlier, she had appeared on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar. Time Magazine once called her “unquestionably the hottest model in Europe” when she was 20 years old.
Read MoreVintage Model Cordie King
Cordie King, a very popular Chicago-based model, in Jet – where she appeared on a regular basis – July 15, 1954. One of the original EBONY Fashion Fair models, the Mississippi-born King was once engaged to Sammy Davis, Jr. She went on to open a modeling agency and charm school called Cordie King’s Castle which produced graduates such as journalist and author Janet Langhart Cohen. She died at age 80 in 2004.
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Model Barbara Summers in a 1970s advertisement for Avon. A novelist and a fashion historian, she is the author of Black and Beautiful: How Women of Color Changed The Fashion Industry.
Read MoreSingaporean-Indian model
Gurmit Kaur started her career in Paris in 1989.She was a muse for the late Yves St. Laurent.
Read MoreVintage Iman and Queen Nefertiti bust
Ever since the official unveiling of the bust in Berlin in 1924, the Egyptian authorities have been demanding its return to Egypt. In 1925, Egypt threatened to ban German excavations in Egypt unless Nefertiti was returned. In 1929, Egypt offered to exchange other artifacts for Nefertiti, but Germany declined. In the 1950s, Egypt again tried to […]
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