Summer, Donna, 138
Sun City, 213, 215, 216
“Sun City,” 215
T
Talley, André Leon, vii–ix, 73
Taylor, Elizabeth, 10–12, 14
Taylor-Burton diamond of, 11–12
Taylor, Lisa, 76, 79–81, 82–83
drugs and, 82
Taylor, Mikki, 73
Teena Marie, 204
television, 136, 204
Beverly’s America’s Next Top Model idea, 204–5
Beverly’s Charlie’s Angels audition, 136–37
Temptations, 204
Tiegs, Cheryl, 50, 52, 90, 104, 105
Todd, Beverly, 138, 147, 151
Tosh, Peter, 125
Town and Country, 214
Tripp (friend), 120–21, 145
Trump, Ivana, 154
Turner, Tina, 135
12 Years a Slave, viii
Tyson, Cicely, 102, 137
Tyson, Mike, 196–203
rape allegations against, 202–3
Robin Givens and, 201–2
U
Underground, The, 219
Ustinov, Peter, 138
V
Valentino, 105
Vanity Fair, 34
Van Zandt, Steven, 215
Vela, Rosie, 76, 77–79
Vietnam War, 83
Vogue, 34, 35, 49, 51, 73, 75, 82, 94, 96, 98, 139
Beverly as first African-American woman on cover of, vii, viii, 94–104, 135
Beverly’s first shoot for, 35, 38
Brazil shoot for, 90–92
Vreeland, Diana, 99
Vuille, Georges-Alain, 151, 152
W
W, 34
Wailer, Bunny, 125
Wailers, 125, 130
Walker, Madame C. J., 219
Wall Street, 219
Walters, Barbara, 202
Wang, Vera, 91
Warhol, Andy, 8, 84
Warner, Malcolm-Jamal, 192
Warner Bros., 159
weight, 36, 78–79
Wilhelmina, 96–98, 100, 103
Wilhelmina Models, 96–98
Williams, Billy Dee, 137
Williams, Deniece, 140
Williams, Helen, 30, 101
Winfrey, Oprah, 70–72
Winston, Harry, 11
Wintour, Anna, vii
women of color, 69, 74, 101
acting roles for, 136, 138
see also black models
Wright, Betty, 140–41
Writers Guild, 204
Y
Yearby, Quintin, 208–9, 220
YMCA, 26, 29, 158
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The face that changed it all / Beverly Johnson with Allison Samuels ; foreword by Andre Leon Talley. — First Atria Books hardcover edition.
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ISBN 978-1-4767-7441-1 — ISBN 978-1-4767-7444-2 (ebook) 1. Johnson, Beverly, 1952- 2. African American models—Biography. 3. Models (Persons)—United States—Biography. 4. Actresses—United States—Biography. I. Samuels, Allison. II. Title.
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