Erykah Badu Named New Face of GIVENCHY’s Spring Campaign

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Definitely a great choice. This should also be a serious wake-up call to those designer brands that it’s time and inevitable that they will have to add much more models of color. The fact that white models are used pretty much exclusively is garnering more and more backlash and their own customers will speak out and demand to see models who look like them. Change happens slow but this is at least a bold move by Riccardo Tisci .

via Daily Mail
R&B singer Erykah Badu has been signed as the face of Givenchy’s spring 2014 campaign in reaction to a fashion industry tendency to use predominantly white models on the runway.
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Hip Hop’s Hottest Honeys-Vida Guerra (20 Pics)

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Vida Guerra has been on the model scene for some years now and remains one of the most in demand and popular . One of the few Latina models on the scene who has broken through and appeared in mainstream magazines such as Playboy,FHM, and Maxim.

Though she can now boast mainstream appeal, it was urban magazines such as King, Blackmens, and XXL that gave her early exposure. Her appearances in music videos are legendary though she rarely does them now(note: Kanye West’s “Workout Plan”). We salute one of the most beautiful and sexiest women on the planet… Vida Guerra!

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TOP 100 MYSPACE MODELS- Part 3

Big props to the homie Paul Stewart over at www.nextthing.wordpress.com who’s been doing some serious groundwork.  A DJ becomes a giant in his field for his knack for digging in the crates and coming up with rare gems. Well, the homie Paul has been digging in Myspace and coming up some notable gems of his own.  Here is Part 3 of TOP 1oo MYSPACE MODELS!  And like they say, three is the charm!
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The self proclaimed “Pothead Stripper” confess that she loves to get Naked. Ok Brooklyn Stand Up! 
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Model actress Chelly ain’t playing!
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This exotic Vietnamese princess has as big a heart as she is pretty! 

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This actress model really reps the Black and Asian thing to the fullest!

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To see the rest of these rare gems go to the homie Paul’s site by CLICKING HERE