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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…
May 30, 2013
TODAY - The company’s chief executive said the Swedish-based brand strives to showcase a variety of body shapes in its…
May 9, 2013
ATLANTA, Ga. - The founder of one of America's first modeling agencies to represent women of color has placed her…
February 15, 2013
ANALYSIS - Most African-American models struggle to book work consistently, while some black designers express anxiety about being seen as…
February 13, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Isis King made history on the runway and on television, and she could become the first trans…
October 25, 2012
Judged by Naomi Campbell, the show will follow emerging models through challenges such as photo shoots, fashion shows and commercials…
October 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Tyra Banks has revealed that cycle 20 of 'America’s Next Top Model' will include male models...
July 3, 2012
MADAME NOIRE - Rohan and Isabeli hadn’t set a date at the time of the May announcement, and they won’t…
May 17, 2012
OPINION - Vogue magazine has stated that it will no longer hire models who appear to be visibly unhealthy. Tyra…
December 6, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - H&M is in hot water this morning, as the company formally admits to putting real models' heads…
November 10, 2011
SLIDESHOW - Beautiful models decked in neon colors, poofy skirts, tulle neck wear, glitter, feathers and of course 'wings', walked…
July 5, 2011
OPINION - Ultimately, we can't celebrate celebrity sexiness while shaming celebrity sex. And these are the pictures that prove it...
June 30, 2011
American model Amber Rose has been dropped from her modelling contract after explicit pictures of her emerged online this week...
February 18, 2011
SLIDESHOW - With more than 200 fashion shows in and around the tents at Lincoln Center, there were only a…
February 14, 2011
When the five models marched down the runway en masse -- the five black models -- large sections of the…
February 3, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - This high-fashion model has turned heads walking runways for major fashion houses...
January 25, 2011
CLUTCH - While there were African-American models at the time, they were seen as rare and exotic...
December 6, 2010
OPINION - Somewhat mysteriously, all of the ethnic models got to walk the runway in the wild things segment, replete…
October 14, 2010
OPINION - No longer is a vintage thin and blond Christina Brinkley or Cheryl Tiegs the ultimate standard of beauty...