Beverly Ann Johnson is an American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Johnson rose to fame when she became the first black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974, after Donyale Luna was the first black model to appear on the cover of British Vogue in 1966.
Beverly Johnson’s first husband: Who is Billy Porter?
Johnson also had a somewhat tumultuous personal life, marrying her first husband, Billy Potter, in 1971. The couple divorced in 1973. There is not much information about her first husband.
In the early 1970s, Johnson gave up her studies at Northeastern to focus on modeling full-time in New York City. This phase of her modeling career began with much difficulty. She applied to the famous Ford modeling agency but was turned down.
Johnson then turned to a modeling agency specializing in African-American models called Black Beauty. This company was also not interested in signing her. Finally, Johnson went to Glamour magazine in 1971