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My dean gave me permission to model during my work semester, even though I was in the Criminal Justice Department. I don’t know whether I’d ever have become a model if he hadn’t let me do that.

Beverly Johnson

My dean gave me permission to model during my work semester, even though I was in the Criminal Justice Department. I don’t know whether I’d ever have become a model if he hadn’t let me do that.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Criminal Dean Justice
Instead of working out three times a week, I do something physical, like a one-hour walk everyday.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Day Every Three Workout
Most Americans think of hunger as a problem affecting only places like India, Africa or South America. But it is a tragic reality that our country has millions of children who are suffering from lack of food. We must all work together to save our country from this problem.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Children Country Reality
Business is hard, really hard, but it’s worth it.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Buisness Hard Worth
There’s so much more purpose behind my getting up in the morning. Business is hard, really hard, but it’s worth it.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Getting Morning Purpose Worth
Heartbreak taught me that you can rise from the ashes and get over anything.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Ashes Heartbreak Rise
When I went to Fashion Week, I was very disappointed by how few women of color were in those shows. I do speak to the younger girls, and I hear them when they say they’re not getting the big contracts or into the big shows.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Color Fashion Girl
My daughter has fulfilled all of my dreams, because she has a BA and MBA in business. She’s both a financial analyst and a plus-size model. She has the best of both worlds because, in modeling, you have to have something to fall back on.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Daughter Dream Fall
I tried acting and all of the arts, I even put out a record album, but what I like the most is business.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Acting Albums Art
Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Enough Funny Money Plastic Surgery
My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, ‘What if she’s ugly? You’re ugly.’
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Husband Ugly
Business fits me best. The only reason I went into modeling originally was to help out my family, because I knew that money gave you freedom.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Family Fit Helping
There’s not a hair extension or a makeup artist that can make me feel the way I feel when i give back
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Artist Hair Makeup
When I went to Fashion Week, I was very disappointed by how few women of color were in those shows. I do speak to the younger girls, and I hear them when they say they’re not getting the big contracts or into the big shows. So, to sum it up, it seems that whenever we take a couple of steps forward, we take a few more backwards.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Couple Fashion Girl
I don’t like to cook, but I like to eat popcorn with butter and salt.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Cooks Popcorn Salt
She loves fashion, she’s unafraid. She uses her imagination, which is something we should all strive to do.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Attention Hair Imagination Style
There was a show in which these scientists shared the secrets of the world’s oldest living people, people still functioning past 100 years-old.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Out Past People Work
I was supposedly living this glamorous life, but I was crippled by the idea of growing old and where do I go next? The whole age thing—in our industry, it’s everything.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Age Growing Ideas
Once a Supermodel, always a Supermodel.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Always Once Supermodel
I’m elated. I guess it’s better late than never. Welcome to the 21st century. It’s fantastic. I love Dior, and Rihanna is very much one of my style icons. I’m happy they got there in the end. I adore her style.
BEVERLY JOHNSON

Fashion Icons Imagination

My dean gave me permission to model during my work semester, even though I was in the Criminal Justice Department. I don’t know whether I’d ever have become a model if he hadn’t let me do that.

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My dean gave me permission to model during my work semester, even though I was in the Criminal Justice Department. I don’t know whether I’d ever have become a model if he hadn’t let me do that.

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