6. Jerry Hall – 1975
Jerry Hall
Jerry Hall hails from Texas, but her modeling career was discovered in France by Claude Haddad, a fashion agent. She appeared as a mermaid on Roxy Music’s album cover, Siren, in 1975. This gave her the push to achieve so much more in the industry as, by 1977, Johnson was already featured on more than 40 magazines to include Cosmopolitan and Italian Vogue. She later got married to the love of her life, Mick Jagger, and was entitled a Lifetime Achievement Award from Fashion Group International, Dallas.
7. Iman – 1976
Iman
Iman is an American-Somalian model who was discovered by Peter Beard, a famous photographer who inspired Iman to come to America. Iman was born Zara Mohammed Abdulmajid, and a year after traveling to the U.S., she landed her first major modeling contract with Vogue, where she graced the magazine’s cover in one of their editions. Iman described herself as a “regular Somalian woman” who didn’t see anything so special about her. However, the fashion world was seeing a magnificently beautiful and artistic figure like no other. Her humility with her talent landed her numerous modeling contracts with popular designers like Calvin Klein, Versace, Donna Karen, and a whole lot more. Yves Saint-Lauren even described Iman as the woman of his dreams.
