Mar 12 2014
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Great news: the amazing and incomparable Bethann Hardison — former supermodel and agency owner, founder of the Balanc…
Sep 20 2013
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Perhaps they've been fired up by the continually low numbers of non-white faces presented during this past New York…
Sep 9 2013
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In what GMA is calling an "unprecedented" move, supermodels Iman, Naomi Campbell and Bethann Hardison are going…
Aug 8 2013
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White models dominate runways, white women land ad campaigns. Yes, it's 2013, and we're still talking about this.
Jan 24 2011
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- Naomi Campbell's lawsuit with ex-agent Carol White is still rumbling. White, who claims Campbell stiffed her on…
Mar 1 2010
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"The fashion industry sent a commendably eclectic array of models down the New York runways this month. The women…
Sep 3 2009
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Bethann Hardison, who has long battled the fashion industry's tacit racism, organized a get-together for models of…
Feb 25 2009
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Everyone's been talking about whether this season, designers and casting directors would be putting more faces of…
Sep 15 2008
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New York Fashion Week may be over, but a few media outlets have kept an eye on how many black models walked in the…
Aug 7 2008
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Fashion industry types are thinking about the future now that the "all black" issue of Italian Vogue is officially a "success," reports CNN. "All the agents were happy about the issue because it gives us hope that other people will catch on and decide that it's OK to use more black girls," says Carlos Ojeda, an agent…
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Jul 31 2008
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It's official: The "all black" issue of Italian Vogue is a hit. According to Time magazine's Jeff Israely, "After…
Feb 1 2008
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In the wake of the summits regarding a lack of ethnic diversity on fashion runways being held by Bethann Hardison, the spotlight is on casting directors, reports the Wall Street Journal. Jennifer Venditti, who helps designers find models for runway shows, recently had a client's stylist say he "didn't need" a second…
Jan 24 2008
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Last night, five months following her first event about the lack of diversity in fashion, model-agency owner Bethann…