This is such exciting news. Christopher Sollinger, the Art Director and Executive Producer of Harper’s Bazaar recently cast various industry icons, veterans, and new faces for a cover series of the next edition of “Harper’s Bazaar India”. The good news doesn’t end there! Nine versions of the magazine will be available in print, each featuring a different woman of color on the cover including Tyra Banks, Tracey Africa and Geena Rocero.
The cover series called “The Nine Wonders of the World” is set as a twist on the unofficial title sometimes given to those new buildings, structures, projects or even designs that are deemed to be comparable to the Seven Wonders of the World. The series showcases these new wonders as diversity. The “new” being that diversity is acceptable and celebrated today.
“Showcasing white woman after white woman on covers does not work anymore, we need to show the women of the world that is of now,” said Sollinger. “The world is changing and with this story we want to be apart of that global revolution.”
How exciting! I love that Harper’s Bazaar India is taking a new tactic to approaching diversity. We sincerely need it. Check out some of the gorgeous models below!
Tyra Banks is a veteran and icon to the runway and various leading advertising campaigns.
Hannelore Knuts is a veteran Belgian model and known to be the only model in history to have three consecutive Vogue Italia covers.
Tracey Africa is the first trans model to have multiple beauty campaigns in the 1970s. Tracey was also shot by Irving Penn for Vogue Italia.
Geena Rocero is a Filipino American model, producer, founder of Gender Proud and gave a viral Ted Talk with 3 million views. She was honored this year with a GLAAD Media Award for the Logo digital series ‘Beautiful As I Want To Be,’ which she executive produced and appeared in.
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