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BLACK ENTERPRISE OFFERS ROLE ‘MODELS’: Tyra, Iman, B. Smith in Sept. issue highlighting black models-turned-moguls.
*The September issue of Black Enterprise resembles a fashion magazine as former models Tyra Banks, Iman, Kimora Lee Simmons and Barbara “B.” Smith are highlighted as runway divas who transitioned into savvy businesswomen.
In the cover feature “Models Inc.,” writer Alisa Gumbs talks with each mogul about their road from the catwalk to the boardroom. Banks, who shares B.E.’s Sept. cover with Iman, talks about being the executive producer and host of two television properties, "America's Next Top Model" and "The Tyra Banks Show."
Iman describes the building of her cosmetics empire that sells millions of dollars of products annually through mass-market retailers such as Walgreens, Wal-Mart, and Target; while Smith discusses B. Smith Enterprises and Simmons comments on her fashion company, Baby Phat.
"Few models ever make it big, and the majority of new businesses fail. But these women have managed to conquer two very difficult arenas—despite their double minority status and the perception that they are nothing more than pretty faces," says Gumbs. "BE celebrates their achievements and, at the same time, highlights some of the often overlooked pioneers of the trend."
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