Diversity Rules! Part 4: Wilhelmina
I have addressed the industry by having town hall meetings, gaining international media support, even naming those who lack the sense of responsibility of incorporating models of color. And after being given the CFDA’s Founders Award in June 2014 for upfront confrontation and determination to change how things are done and seen, still we lag at where we should be as an industry.
Surely there has been some improvement.
Where there is clear improvement over the years…are the model agencies. They have improved their inclusion of the model of color and continue to seek those beauties.
So I decided, instead of looking at what and where it isn’t happening (for now), to show where it continues to grow. There are agencies with far more ethnic models than others, but there are many still open to growth.
I decided to reflect what I saw here with the support of Models.com and the model agencies.
We are continuing our series with Wilhelmina.
It was truly my pleasure and pride, to see and meet the models that I selected to represent their agencies and to link the others the agency represented as well.
No doubt, it’s a beautiful movement.”
Edited by Bethann Hardison
Photos by Hans Neumann (De Facto) for Models.com
Hair: Martin Christopher Harper
Makeup: Cyndle Komarovski
Retoucher: Tatiana Chebotareva
Bethann Hardison portrait by Hans Neumann for Models.com
Video interviews by Bethann Hardison
Art direction: Stephan Moskovic
Video editing: Andrea Fumagalli @ Blue Barn Pictures
Producer: Jazmin Alvarez
Amazing Wilhelmina !!!!!!
That Emely needs to be in front of action cameras not still cameras!
Neelam is amazing
DANIELA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We love Daniela!!! To see her grow and do what she likes makes us feel very proud of her here in Tijuana, B.C.
Awesome feature. Well executed, beautifully done, a great mix and most interesting. Am telling the world to check it out.
I absolutely Love jasmine
JASMINE…..WOW
Neelaaaaammmm!! 😀 I love this series!! Such a beautiful initiative. xx
Top Middle girl
I don’t think these girls are strong enough to make an impact.