Legendary model Naomi Sims in the photo that appeared on the cover of the October 17, 1969 issue of Life magazine. Photo: Yale Joel/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images.
Naomi Sims at the “Harlem Homecoming” benefit show for the Dance Theater of Harlem in 1972. Image via Bettmann/Corbis
Naomi Sims in her classic 1970 Houbigant advertisement.
Naomi Sims on the August 1973 cover of Cosmopolitan.
Naomi Sims in her classic 1970 Houbigant advertisement.
Speaking of Naomi Sims, here she is again in 1972, at the “Harlem Homecoming” benefit show for the Dance Theater of Harlem.
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This is Naomi Sims, wearing Halston, picking out a song at Harlem’s Lucky Spot Restaurant in 1972.
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Naomi Sims’ 1976 beauty book, “All About Health and Beauty for the Black Woman.”