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Dunlop’s wife of 66 years, Dorothy Emily Webb died in February...
...working with her. The late 1980s and early '90s proved promising as a whole class of black models was able to thrive. Naomi Campbell was among the first models of any race to be anointed a "supermodel," and African-American models Beverly Peele, Karen Alexander, Tyra Banks and Veronica Webb all worked consistently. In 1992 Webb became the first black model to win a major cosmetics contract when she was signed by Revlon, but she faced many of the same hurdles as Iman. "There was never the possibility that there'd be someone on a shoot who looked like...
...Webb insists that such hardships are relative. "It wasn't like working at the Perdue chicken factory," she says. True enough, and in a world that can be as insular as fashion, such a perspective is important to maintain. But it's the sort of obstacle that has the potential to keep images of black beauty out of view. The motive may not necessarily be racist: some hairdressers who work the runway shows say they are reluctant to style black hair because they have little experience doing so and don't want to do a bad job. What seems surprising...
...summer before he began high school, Joshua Herring ’03 went to a Christian camp in his home-state of Tennessee. While there, he met Lauren Webb, who lived in a neighboring town. Though the two spent the summer together, Herring says they did not stay in close touch when school began. Their high schools were half an hour apart, and they saw each other only at the occasional football game...
...wasn’t until Herring’s sophomore year at Harvard, when they were a full 16-hour drive apart, that the two began dating. Herring says he struck up a conversation with Webb over AOL Instant Messenger and took her on a bowling date during their Thanksgiving break. By Christmas, their relationship became official. Herring says he proposed to Webb at the camp where they first met—“the spot where we had our first kiss,” he explains. She agreed, and the couple plans to marry this summer in Tennessee...