Jourdan Dunn Lands All-Black Italian ‘Vogue’

Heir to Naomi's throne?Photo: imaxtree
Naomi Campbell has always been outspoken about racism in fashion and 17-year-old Dunn, who was famously scouted in the Hammersmith branch of Primark in London, recently added her voice to the debate."London's not a white city so why should all our castings be white? I go to castings and see several black and Asian girls, then I get to the show and look around and there's just me and maybe one other coloured face," she told the Evening Standard. "They just don't get picked. I hope it's because the designer just didn't think they were good enough as a model but I don't know."
Dunn also spoke very articulately on the issue in the Guardian, saying she plans to go back to school for business so she can start an agency for black, Asian, and Hispanic models. We feel a girl crush coming on.
DUNN MAKING HISTORY [British Vogue]

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