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BEVERLY JOHNSON made history as the first African American woman to appear on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974, forever changing the beauty ideal in the fashion world. Beverly is a part of The Black List, a photographic assembly of 50 of the most influential African Americans in America, and her portrait has hung in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Beverly has appeared on more than 500 magazine covers. The New York Times named her as one of the 20th Century’s 100 Most Influential People in the Fashion Industry.  Beverly is actively involved in building the Beverly Johnson Luxurious Lifestyle brand in the fashion, beauty and media industries, and is the author of several books including her NYT best-selling memoir, The Face That Changed It All.  Beverly serves on the Board of Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center and is an international spokesperson for Global Down Syndrome Foundation.

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Beverly Johnson

Johnson is a Founder, Chairwoman and CEO of BJE LLC. Her “Vision” is to build BJE (aka Beverly Johnson Enterprises) into a multi-billion dollar global brand around The Beverly Johnson Luxurious Lifestyle Brand that represents the “highest quality” luxurious products in Hair, Beauty and Cosmetics (“HBC”) Fashion, and Media to the global Multi-Cultural market for women of all colors.

The Jackie Robinson of modeling, Johnson’s influence truly spans the globe. The New York Times named her as one of the “20th Century’s 100 Most Influential People in the Fashion Industry.” She was featured on the cover of Glamour magazine’s 50th Anniversary issue, the venerable publication that gave Johnson her first break in the 1970s. The late Ruth Whitney, the magazine’s editor-in- chief, proclaimed that Johnson had “broken all color barriers.” In 2008, she received the Thurgood Marshall award for style and innovation, and in 2009, her historic Vogue magazine cover was featured in the “Models as Muse” exhibit at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  

As a model in the 1970s, 80s, 90s and the 2000s, Johnson appeared on more than 500 magazine covers from Glamour and Cosmopolitan to Essence, Ebony and French Elle. Her success during th