Tag: Pat Cleveland

  • How Pat Cleveland Conquered Racism to Become the World’s First Black Supermodel Harper’s Bazaar 2016-06-15 Kate Storey, News Edtor Photograph: Kathryn Wirsing Pat Cleveland was 16 years old when she was told she would never make it as a model. It was the late Sixties, and Cleveland, who had just signed with Ford Models, was…

  • Pat Cleveland: Early Supermodel and Author With Many Tales The New York Times 2016-06-15 Guy Trebay, Chief Menswear Critic The fashion model Pat Cleveland in her home studio in New Jersey. Credit Chad Batka for The New York Times WILLINGBORO, N.J. — The peacocks were rooting around in the bushes, strutting and pecking and ruffling…