Roughly forty years before Laverne Cox appeared twice on the cover of Essence magazine and Caitlyn Jenner was named Glamour's Woman of the Year, Tracey “Africa” Norman was the world's fist black transgender model -- but few have heard her story until now. In an in-depth interview published in the Dec. 14 issue of New York Magazine, Norman, most famous for appearing on one of Clairol's best-selling boxes of hair-dye in the mid-1970s, recounted a successful modeling career spent hiding her ...
This Clairol Hair-Dye Model Has An Incredible Story. 40 Years Later It's Finally Being Told.
The Huffington Post - 16 Dec 2015 23:56
Roughly forty years before Laverne Cox appeared twice on the cover of Essence magazine and Caitlyn Jenner was named Glamour's Woman of the Year, Tracey “Africa” Norman was the world's fist black transgender model -- but few have heard her story until now. In an in-depth interview published in the Dec. 14 issue of New York Magazine, Norman, most famous for appearing on one of Clairol's best-selling boxes of hair-dye in the mid-1970s, recounted a successful modeling career spent hiding her ...
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