1st Black Model: Ophelia DeVore

This colorful gallery features NY Fashion icon Ophelia DeVore, the 1st Black model in the U.S. and graduate of Vogue Modeling School. She redefined beauty in America through her Charm School and Modeling Agency for over 6 decades for notables including Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson, Richard Roundtree, Susan Taylor, Audrey Smaltz and more! Her story is chronicled in the book, The Color of Beauty, by Alina Mitchell.