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Beverly Johnson Quotes

born 1952 United States

Beverly Johnson (born October 13, 1952) is an American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman.

United States
Actors
Actresses
Businesswomen
Models

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At my moment, there was always a token black person. And in the ’70s I became that token black person. It brings out the worst in people when they think there’s only one spot, where for everyone else there are lots of spots.

I believe that every culture contributes to fashion. But, I do remember Polly Mellen telling me, 'You know where we got hot pants from? We used to go up to Harlem and we would just look at what all the community people were wearing.'

For generations in this country, beauty was traditionally represented by three very distinct ideals in virtually all media: blond hair, blue eyes and fair skin...My cover shattered that notion forever….Women of color could boldly say to the world, ‘Hey, look at me! I’m here and I have value and I am beautiful.'

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Beverly Johnson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.