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For months, rumors have been circulating about actress Halle Berry covering the coveted September issue of Vogue. According to Vogue.com the Oscar-winner will indeed be the first black woman on the 2010 September issue since Naomi Campbell graced the cover in 1989. "There was no way I could say no," says Berry when asked about her cover coup, Vogue's fall fashion issue. "I'm going to be on the biggest issue of the year!"
Although this will be Berry's first time ever covering the September issue, this marks the second Vogue cover for the actress since her December 2002 appearance. For the cover, the 'X-Men' star ditches her regular cropped 'do for a look that eerily resembles Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's infamous bob. In the issue -- which hits stands the last week of August -- the actress will be discussing motherhood, being single and her upcoming roles in Broadway and on film.
Although this will be Berry's first time ever covering the September issue, this marks the second Vogue cover for the actress since her December 2002 appearance. For the cover, the 'X-Men' star ditches her regular cropped 'do for a look that eerily resembles Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's infamous bob. In the issue -- which hits stands the last week of August -- the actress will be discussing motherhood, being single and her upcoming roles in Broadway and on film.
In the fashion magazine world, the September issue marks the most important month of the year as it compiles the best of pre-fall fashion, lifestyle and feature stories. Berry's appearance marks a huge milestone for black Hollywood considering the past ten September issues of Vogue have covered white actresses and models. In the past, the magazine has garnered a great deal of criticism for its lack of diverse representation.
Halle Berry and Naomi Campbell aren't the only black females to appear on Vogue's cover. Supermodel Beverly Johnson became the first black woman ever to cover Vogue in 1974. Media-mogul Oprah Winfrey was given the honor in 1998, Jennifer Hudson in 2007 and First Lady Michelle Obama in 2009.
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Black Vogue Cover Models
Beverly Johnson, August 1974
Peggy Dillard, August 1977
Shelia Johnson, March 1980
Shari Belafonte, June 1986
Karen Alexander, January 1989
Naomi Campbell, September 1989
Kara Young, October 1989
Karia Kabukuru, July 1997
Oprah Winfrey, October 1998
Halle Berry, December 2002
To read an excerpt from Halle Berry's interview in Vogue before it hits stands, visit the Vogue website.
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By: C.J. on 8/19/2010 5:53AM
I've never notice any people here complaining when all the models were white. go to the drug store tell me who you see on 99% of the magazines.
If beauty is beyond skin color come back and report what you see.
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By: Carolyn (My View on the View) on 8/17/2010 9:00PM
Do you really think that blacks are jealous of her looks? she's gorges and we all know it, However most blacks don't feel to be gorges we all have too look like halle. we don't fall into that everybody should look a certain way to be beautiful no botox , plastic surgeries. blowing up lips and a$$es. just to look like someone else she gorges but! I still want to look like me.
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By: AllBahianGirl on 8/19/2010 6:17PM
I have to agree with Clark traditionally in America there has always been the "one drop" rule where a drop of Black blood makes you Black in America. In some Latin American countries such as Brazil there is a "mulatto escape hatch" but not here in America. Halle Berry though biracial is seen as being Black in America. I have biracial nieces and nephews who are classified as "white" but they look it with their blond hair and blue eyes. Their Black blood is not discernible to any onlooker so they can pull off the "white" labelling though technically they are biracial. Most biracials don't look like Victoria Rowell's daughter or Eartha Kitt's daughter Kitt McDonald. These biracial children by all appearances look white though I don't know what they are classified as on their birth certificates.
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By: AllBahianGirl on 8/19/2010 6:18PM
@Devon "preach the word". You're exactly right whites were the one who put the "one drop rule" into existence here in America. Being that white people are the ruling class in America their word is bond. For whatever reason white people have always looked down on miscegenation here in America and anyone who was tainted with the tar brush is seen as being Black because white people sure aren't going to claim biracial people especially one like Halle Berry who looks
black or one like Tiger Woods who has "soup coolers" and can't pass for anything other than Black. It's funny how it's always the biracial people who look Black who want to claim something other than Black.
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