My daughter decided to embrace and celebrate who she was. She was a size 2 at one time, but she decided she didn't want to be hungry anymore. I think that's how you turn it around. Today, more and more designers are recognizing how lucrative that market is.
Beverly JohnsonI tried acting and all of the arts, I even put out a record album, but what I like the most is business.
Beverly JohnsonBusiness fits me best. The only reason I went into modeling originally was to help out my family, because I knew that money gave you freedom.
Beverly JohnsonWhen I went to Fashion Week, I was very disappointed by how few women of color were in those shows. I do speak to the younger girls, and I hear them when they say they're not getting the big contracts or into the big shows.
Beverly JohnsonBusiness fits me best. The only reason I went into modeling originally was to help out my family, because I knew that money gave you freedom. I tried acting and all of the arts, I even put out a record album, but what I like the most is business, which is where I am now.
Beverly JohnsonWhen I went to Fashion Week, I was very disappointed by how few women of color were in those shows. I do speak to the younger girls, and I hear them when they say they're not getting the big contracts or into the big shows. So, to sum it up, it seems that whenever we take a couple of steps forward, we take a few more backwards.
Beverly JohnsonIโm elated. I guess itโs better late than never. Welcome to the 21st century. Itโs fantastic. I love Dior, and Rihanna is very much one of my style icons. Iโm happy they got there in the end. I adore her style. She loves fashion, sheโs unafraid. She uses her imagination, which is something we should all strive to do.
Beverly JohnsonMy daughter has fulfilled all of my dreams, because she has a BA and MBA in business. She's both a financial analyst and a plus-size model. She has the best of both worlds because, in modeling, you have to have something to fall back on.
Beverly Johnson95% of being a success in the competitive world of fashion is just showing up on time and being there. I don't know how I knew that when I was younger. You have to stick around for people to remember you.
Beverly JohnsonMy dean gave me permission to model during my work semester, even though I was in the Criminal Justice Department. I don't know whether I'd ever have become a model if he hadn't let me do that.
Beverly JohnsonMy husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if she's ugly? You're ugly.'
Beverly JohnsonMost Americans think of hunger as a problem affecting only places like India, Africa or South America. But it is a tragic reality that our country has millions of children who are suffering from lack of food. We must all work together to save our country from this problem.
Beverly JohnsonThere's so much more purpose behind my getting up in the morning. Business is hard, really hard, but it's worth it.
Beverly JohnsonThere was a show in which these scientists shared the secrets of the world's oldest living people, people still functioning past 100 years-old. They found that they exercised everyday, they ate in proportion, that they had a social network of family and friends, and that they had some sort of faith. So, that's what I'm doing now, very consciously. Instead of working out three times a week, I do something physical, like a one-hour walk everyday.
Beverly JohnsonThere's not a hair extension or a makeup artist that can make me feel the way I feel when i give back
Beverly JohnsonI was supposedly living this glamorous life, but I was crippled by the idea of growing old and where do I go next? The whole age thingโin our industry, it's everything.
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