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Two Trailblazing Black Supermodels Finally Get Their Flowers

MODEL BEHAVIOR

Two new documentaries, “Donyale Luna: Supermodel” and “Invisible Beauty,” about Bethann Hardison, shine a light on the complicated style icons.

Kyndall Cunningham
Kyndall Cunningham
An illustration including Bethann Hardison, the 1991 Black Girls Coalition in Invisible Beauty a Magnolia Pictures release, and Bethann Hardison backstage at the Battle of Versailles in 1973
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos by Bruce Weber / Magnolia Pictures / Luigi Cazzaniga / HBO
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