Happy 26th Birthday to the QUEEN Miss Jourdan Dunn! Here’s 26 times she inspired and slayed the world!
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1) Her walking Prada FW 2008 broke down the barrier for models of colour and opened up a conversation about race.
2) Jourdan walked a record breaking 62 shows for the Spring 2009 season, more than any other black model.
3) Her i-D cover for Fall 2008 was epic, and was the first of 8 covers for them.
4) She was chosen by Steven Meisel to cover Vogue Italia’s all black issue.
5) She won Model of The Year at the 2008 British Fashion Awards.
6) She graced the May 2009 cover of American Vogue, honoured as one of the models of the moment.
7) Her first Topshop campaign for Fall 2008, the first of many.
8) With Chanel Iman, she covered Teen Vogue.
9) i-D Magazine gave Jourdan, Chanel Iman, Arlenis Sosa and Sessilee Lopez the September Issue.
10) She walked Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture 2009 - pregnant! Epic.
11) She gave birth to son Riley in December 2009.
12) She’s BFFs and birthday twins with Karlie Kloss.
13) She walked the 2012 Olympics closing ceremony in London with other top British models.
14) She won Model of The Year was the Harper’s Bazaar Awards 2014.
15) She scored a Maybelline Contract in 2014!
16) She covered the February 2016 issue of Vogue Brasil with an afro.
17) She launched Cell For Gratitude in support of Sickle Cell sufferers, which included Riley.
18) She has a cooking shows called Well Dunn. Fave ep: Yonce Girls.
19) She won Model of The Year again at the BFA in 2015!
20) She walked the VSFS2012 and did the robot.
21) She starred in Beyonce’s Yonce and XO music videos.
22) She did an iconic Burberry Campaign with Naomi Campbell in 2015.
23) When she cut her hair and the industry was SHOOK!
24) She opened Balmain FW 2014, and has worked for them since.
25) She launched a kidswear line with M&S called Well Dunn in 2016
26) She covered British Vogue in February 2016, becoming the first black model in 12 years to do so!
Iconic, QUEEN!