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Pioneering Cover Girl, Naomi Sims, Dead At 61

Written by News One on August 3, 2009 5:05 pm

Bill Cunningham/The New York Times

Bill Cunningham/The New York Times

From NYTimes.com:

Naomi Sims, whose appearance as the first black model on the cover of Ladies’ Home Journal in November 1968 was a consummate moment of the Black is Beautiful movement, and who went on to design successful collections of wigs and cosmetics for black women under her name, died Saturday in Newark. She was 61, her family said, and lived in Newark.

She died of cancer, said her son, Bob Findlay.

Ms. Sims is sometimes referred to as the first black supermodel.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/panamaniak/ panamaniak

    RIP,mami….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WindChimes/ WindChimes

    Rest in peace Naomi. Thank you for opening the doors for Black women in the modelling industry. Today we have Tyra Banks, Beyonce, Halle Berry and a number of other beauties who adorn magazine covers worldwide.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Arrielle2007/ Arrielle2007

    Here’s my history lesson for the day. RIP

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BIG_RICK_1961/ BIG_RICK_1961

    Truth,Peace,HTP,

    Ascension and Blessings…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tried-N-True/ Tried-N-True

    I just want to say Thank You!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Robert967/ Robert967

    R.I.P. Naomi Sims.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NtelligentlyInclined/ NtelligentlyInclined

    I thought Beverly Johnson was the first black supermodel.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PatriciaJaye/ PatriciaJaye

    R.I.P. Naomi Simms I am proud of your accomplishments which will inspire
    me to continue to make my dreams come true in the entertainment industry.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SugarSweetums/ SugarSweetums

    RIP. At first I didn’t recognize her until I viewed more pictures of her. Beverly Johnson was the first black supermodel to grace the cover of Vogue.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    Didn’t like the comments Bevrerly Johnson said about the first lady’s beauty. Naomi Campbell’s passing is a incalcuable loss in the fashion industry…. fist H-O-T-T-I-E model and hard to equal, much less surpass..

    Now she’s on heavan with the other angels….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MsShayLynn/ MsShayLynn

    Naomi Campbell didnt pass away it was Naomi Sims and such a loss to the industry

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NUBIAN_DOVE/ NUBIAN_DOVE

    How BLESSED WE are to have had her beauty in our world. RIP

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