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Zendaya向Donyale Luna表示致敬，第一个黑色超级典

ByPrincess Weekes Nov 18th, 2020, 5:50 pm

American model and actress Donyale Luna (1945 – 1979) in Italy, 1973. On the wall behind her are pictures of Mahatma Gandhi and Karl Marx. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Emmy winner Zendaya coversEssence’s50 Year Anniversary cover with an interview with writer Sylvia Obell. As usual, Zendaya is stunning and brilliant. In a delightful piece of fashion history, the cover and other images have Zendaya styled to pay tribute to Donyale Luna, the woman often cited as the first Black supermodel.

The woman who would later be known as Donyale Luna was born Peggy Ann Freeman in 1945 Detroit. A weird child, who used her imagination to escape from a chaotic household, Luna had always had a striking appearance with her striking facial features and Amazonian height of 6’2. She moved to New York to pursue modeling and acting, working with photographer David McCabe who introduced her toHarper’s Bazaareditor Nancy White. Signed to a contract with White, she became the first Black woman to ever be on the cover of the publication.

However, at the time, the modeling industry was mainly interested in Black models who passed for white or were racially ambiguous. They framed Luna as “exotic”.

Eventually, Luna would make a name for herself in London becoming the first Black model to be on the cover of anyVoguewith the UK version in 1966. She acted and was even one of Salvador Dalí’s muses, but her life was also marked by challenges connected to her drug addiction. Despite her talent and beauty, the industry did not know what to do with Luna and stereotyped the roles she was given.

On May 17, 1979, Donyale Luna died of a heroin overdose at 33 years old, survived by her husband, Luigi Cazzaniga, and her 18-month-old daughter, Dream.

Luna’s life and career were cut tragically short, but the impact she made on the industry was important. She was one of the few visibly Black women in mainstream modeling. Her rise and fall is damn near Shakespearian but left a mark on future generations like Naomi Campbell and Pat McGrath.

这个封面将是人们重新发现这款暴行器的一种方式，并且看看行业自从Luna时间以来的发展方式。以及它仍然经常不知道如何处理黑色美的方式。

此外，我要感谢Zendaya的慷慨，因为她的拍摄方式和风格的方式，她自己就会让人们失去工作。谢谢女王让别人吃饭。

(image: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Princess (she/her-bisexual) is a Brooklyn born Megan Fox truther, who loves Sailor Moon, mythology, and diversity within sci-fi/fantasy. Still lives in Brooklyn with her over 500 Pokémon that she has Eevee trained into a mighty army. Team Zutara forever.