In reply to Karl Fuler:

Very interesting point .... I'm also wondering how true it is that the question of colour plays the most vital role when choosing models ? ... most of the colour models we have seen so far belong to the absolute top ! ... are amazingly beautiful and very much favoured by the general public as to appear in the covers of the top fashion magazines .... and not all the so called ' white' models have managed to have such a privilege ! .... what I have noticed is that every race group wants to be represented : coloured people want to see black models, Chinese want to see Chinese models and whites want to see white models ... but then again demographics vary in every part of the world ..... so how can we make everyone happy and give a fair perception in such intricate subject ?

In reply to Galileo's Universe:

Another thing is US Vogue has not used a black model on the cover for the longest time, and they had never used an Asian face on the cover, as far as I could remember.

In reply to KaWai:

On the other hand, I believe, you are talking about a period in fashion history when designers and photographers had more artistic freedom and were not rigidly tied down to the ever so well known ' greedy' attitude and expectations of the share holders of the large conglomerates ( so much for the 'global economy ' today ! ) .... shareholders who care about nothing and absolutely nothing but the profits ! ....

Money talks ... morals don't ! .... so let's not kid ourselves by hoping that fashion photographers or designers alone can change the 'status quo ' in the matters of the state of affairs in the beauty industry Anno Domini 2008 !