Black Quote by Chanel Iman

I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.

— Kat Graham

I don't want it to be something that becomes a cage, where to be a successful Black girl, you have to be Amanda Gorman…

— Amanda Gorman

When I first started in modeling, I went back to England, and it was really hard, because I would go around to the agencies…

— Jodie Turner-Smith

There are tons of black girls modeling, and each one is special.

— Alek Wek

I used to say in interviews that I don't necessarily want to be the first black woman or first model to do certain things;…

— Tyra Banks

I look at modeling as something I'm doing for black people in general.

— Naomi Campbell

I want to establish myself as someone who can act and doesn't have to rely on my figure or modelling background.

— Emily Ratajkowski

I'd like to be the first model who becomes a woman.

— Lauren Hutton

As an actor, I want to be in works that reflect black presence in the U.K. throughout the nation's history.

— Paterson Joseph

I don't want to be known as just an actress. I want to be known as an entertainer and entrepreneur.

— Marsai Martin

If you want to be a model, then you should probably become an actor. That's the only way to get hired to do the…

— Stephanie Seymour

So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky because as…

— Rachel True