Farewell but not forgotten: Naomi Sims, the first black supermodel to be featured on a cover of a magazine in 1968 and who went on to grace the covers of numerous magazines & fashion layouts with her beautiful face & long limbs, died over the weekend at her home in Newark at 61. After retiring from modeling, she became a successful businesswoman.
As a model, she often did her own hair and makeup, since many studio assistants were unfamiliar with working with darker skin. And she noticed that most commercially available wigs were designed for Caucasian hair, so she began experimenting with her own designs, baking synthetic hairs in her oven at home to create the right texture to look like straightened black hair. Within five years, her designs, produced by the Metropa Company, had annual sales of $5 million.
She will be missed and remembered.
wow shes has some hair
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