A model turned New York agent turned scourge of fashion industry prejudice, Bethann Hardison pioneered the campaign for diversity on the catwalk with the message that fashion isn't only white. Bethann Hardison attends the 2014 CFDA fashion awards at Lincoln Center on June 2, 2014 in New York City - by Dimitrios Kambouris She strutted the runway herself in the 1960s and 1970s, then carved out a career finding and promoting the coolest models of any skin tone, until in 1996 she briefly moved to Mexico.
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