By Essence ·Updated November 11, 2021
Beverly Johnson spoke out about being attacked by Bill Cosby and an unnamed fashion photographer, while presenting the Positive Social Influence Award to Model Alliance at the 2021 CFDA Awards. “Good evening I’m Beverly Johnson. I was the African American to grace the cover of Vogue magazine,” she began. “That was a defining moment in my life.”
Beverly Johnson, photographed by Francesco Scavullo, Vogue US, August 1974 Photograph by Francesco Scavullo
