Veronica Webb

Veronica Webb is an American model, writer, and television personality. Born in Detroit, she rose to prominence in the late 1980s and 1990s. She has appeared on the covers of Vogue, Essence, and Elle, and walked runways for designers including Gianni Versace, Azzedine Alaïa, Isaac Mizrahi, and Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel. In 1992, Webb became the first Black model to sign an exclusive cosmetics contract, with Revlon. She has contributed essays to The New York Times, Elle, and Interview.