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Anok Yai, british fashion awards, model of the year, thegrio.com
November 8, 2025
Anok Yai wins 2025 British Fashion Awards Model of the Year, celebrating her global impact and trailblazing role in fashion.
Anok Yai, Anok Yai Model of the Year, Anok Yai, Fashion Awards 2024, Model of the Year 2024, British Fashion Awards 2024, Anok Yai British Fashion Awards, Alex Consani, Anok Yai supermodel, Black models, theGrio.com
December 4, 2024
For the second year, model Anok Yai was nominated for The Fashion Awards' Model of the Year but lost, airing…
Alton Mason, theGrio.com
November 1, 2024
From magazine covers to nationwide campaigns to high-fashion runways, Black male models are making waves in the fashion industry.
Paloma Elsesser, Model of the Year, British Fashion Council, Paloma discusses backlash, Black plus-size model, Kanye West, theGrio.com
February 15, 2024
Paloma Elsesser opens up about winning Model of the Year and how she regrouped after the backlash.
August 29, 2023
The upcoming HBO documentary chronicles the life of the first Black supermodel to appear on covers of Vogue and Harper's…
TyraBanksABC- theGrio.com
September 15, 2020
Tyra Banks' debut on 'Dancing With the Stars' is met with criticism on social media as she adjusts to her…
Tyra Banks ABC Signature model mogul thegrio.com
August 21, 2020
Tyra Banks is expanding her entertainment empire yet again with a new first-look deal at ABC Signature studios.
Tanaye White Sports Illustrated Swimsuit thegrio.com
August 20, 2020
Model Tanaye White, who has natural hair, is one of the rookies in the 2021 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit's next issue.
New York Fashion Week
February 16, 2020
Model Amy Lefevre refused to wear racist accesories such as monkey ears and oversized lips on the catwalk at New…
Salem Mitchell thegrio.com
July 10, 2018
Model Salem Mitchell wasn’t here for the haters and clapped back at an Instagram commenter who took aim at her natural looking…
November 9, 2015
H&M responded poorly when it was called out for not having black models in its images for stores in South…
January 21, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A photo published on the online magazine Buro 247 Monday was defended by its editor as 'a…
November 8, 2013
These new developments are certainly a departure for the Polo Ralph Lauren model, who also appears in the ad campaign…
September 30, 2013
OPINION - His Paris Fashion Week show is an example of cultural appropriation on par with the recent acts of…
September 18, 2013
OPINION - Far from being an 'angry black woman,' Campbell has positively revitalized her image in recent years...
September 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It seems every that Fashion Week, a spate of articles comes out pointing out the dearth of…
August 10, 2013
Has outrage over the lack of diversity and racial insensitivity within the fashion industry reached its peak? If not, Thursday's…
July 3, 2013
On Monday, Dior presented its Fall/Winter 2013/2014 haute couture collection in Paris during fashion week. In addition to a colorful…
July 1, 2013
Prada, a label known for rarely casting models of color, has selected a black model for a new print campaign.…
June 13, 2013
When it comes to less pay for equal work, women are disproportionately at a disadvantage end of the gender income…