French Marie Claire have only ever had one black model (they dont use celebrities for covers only models) on their cover in the history of the magazine and that was also Naomi. They claimed that sales for that issue were 30% below average. If that statistic is true then it just shows how real racism is as people will not buy a magazine because a black model is on the cover.
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In reply to maria n:
Uhmmm ? ... there you are , different societies with different mentalities that's for sure ! ... but besides that , many people are really put off by Naomi's questionable behaviour ..... so I wonder !
Grace Jones made also history with her immature tantrums and that did not work in her favour ... so again I wonder ! .... That Naomi doesn't have a very good image that certainly may work against her ... but then we have Iman and her wonderful positive attitude !
In reply to GKalil:
Caroline Ribeiro ! You are absolutely right ! .... indeed she is a beautiful example of Brazil's mix !
go to this link to see the piece on this film from nymagazine
nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/07/naomi_campbell_stars_in_nick_k.html?mid=fashion-alert--20080729
In reply to maria n:
Sonja Rolland -former Miss France
Uhmm!! ... the comment in the blog about Japan, China and India about not being particularly amused about African models is painful but as far as the reality seems to go it does seem ( please correct me if I'm wrong ) to have a lot of truth in it, however weird and surrealistic it all might sound to be !... in that aspect Europe is doing rather better .. a lot better ... that we have had colour girls as Misses representing France and The Netherlands, Belgium for example as well as in the USA, we couldn't say that about the Miss Venezuela's we have seen winning the Miss World or Universe context ! How extraordinary indeed !! ...
Three Miss Venezuela
This is getting rather interesting ... the theme that started with the aim to point out that black models are not being represented more forcefully in the fashion industry seems to be uncovering a world wide ' malaise' where demographics don't seem to make any sense when it comes to be fairly represented in the beauty industry ...
