In 2007, a very inspired New York University Ph.D. student counted all the models on the runway, every single one that was hired, and of the 677 models that were hired, only 27, or less than four per cent, were non-white.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every woman is not a runway model, nor should she be.
Models are just mannequins seeking validation at the hands of sleazy fashion people.
There are loads of actresses that modelled. They just weren't famous. There weren't a lot that were really known as models that became actresses, but there are hordes of them that did modelling before such as Anjelica Huston, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Demi Moore and Geena Davis. There are loads of 'em.
I was shopping with my mother in 2006 and saw that there was a model casting going on. A couple of months later, I was one of the fifteen finalists in an international contest.
I went to New York to be a model. That's all I wanted to be.
I never expected to be a model. I never expected to be a stylist. Or a designer.
There are tons of black girls modeling, and each one is special.
I didn't grow up drawing runway models and deciding what they should wear.
Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.
I'll be truly happy when we're not counting the number of ethnically diverse models on a fashion runway or campaign, when having a representation of the entire human race is the norm and not an exception.