Black girl Quote by Jodie Turner-Smith

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

— Naomi Campbell

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 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

I really wanted to model when I was younger because there were no dolls doing it. I talked to my mom about it, and…

— Alex Consani

I was planning to transition right after high school and attend university as a girl, but then the modeling thing came up. It was…

— Andreja Pejic

Where I grew up, we had light-skinned models but not dark. Every time I would talk about being a model with my friends, they…

— Khoudia Diop

The whole time I was modeling, I had a place in Paris, and a place in New York, and I was really single.

— Boris Kodjoe

I started with the modeling.

— Joanna Krupa

My sister Gloria asked me to try modeling.

— Daniel Wu

I never thought of a career of as a model, and it was a total surprise for me when I won the contest and…

— Irina Shayk

I'd like to see more beauty campaigns for girls who are mixed Latina and black. And if I'm in them, that's great, but overall…

— Joan Smalls