{"id":6910,"date":"2012-02-23T15:43:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/?p=6910"},"modified":"2012-02-23T15:43:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T15:43:05","slug":"anais-mali-becomes-first-black-model-to-cover-w-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/anais-mali-becomes-first-black-model-to-cover-w-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Anais Mali Becomes First Black Model To Cover W Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6911\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/anais-mali-becomes-first-black-model-to-cover-w-korea\/w-korea-special-ford-edition_07\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6911\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6911\" title=\"One of W Korea's March 2012 anniversary covers featuring black model Anais Mali \" src=\"http:\/\/assets.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-uploads\/2012\/02\/W-Korea-Special-Ford-Edition_07.jpg\" alt=\"One of W Korea's March 2012 anniversary covers featuring black model Anais Mali \" width=\"335\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/talentmanagementblog\/2012\/02\/W-Korea-Special-Ford-Edition_07.jpg 335w, https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/talentmanagementblog\/2012\/02\/W-Korea-Special-Ford-Edition_07-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of W Korea&#39;s March 2012 anniversary covers featuring black model Anais Mali<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Talent Management<\/a> loves a good magazine anniversary issue &#8211; they always seem to push their own boundaries and surprise us.<\/p>\n<p>It happened when Vogue Paris turned 90 and featured a topless Lara Stone on the cover, and now it\u2019s happening with W Korea, who, after 7 years on the shelves, has finally featured a black model &#8211; Anais Mali &#8211; on one of its 7 anniversary issue covers.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nShot by Jang Hyun Hong, Mali is joined by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modelsdirect.com\/become-a-model\/women\/looks-types\/\" target=\"_blank\">top models<\/a> Crystal Renn, Hanne Gaby Odiele, Hyoni Kang, Julia Nobis, Maryna Linchuk and Valerija Kelava, who are all rocking S\/S12\u2019s hottest pastels splayed on Louis Vuitton outfits, nails and even hair, courtesy of stylist Karina Givargisoff.<\/p>\n<p>Pulling off a seriously orange bob, there\u2019s no doubt the stunning Anais Mali not only steals the show, but has embodied a milestone as the magazine\u2019s first ever African-American cover model.<\/p>\n<p>Being an inclusive and diverse <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">modelling agency<\/a>, Talent Management is happy to see W Korea take this move &#8211; just a shame it took 7 years, no matter how &#8216;wonderful&#8217; they may have been!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talent Management loves a good magazine anniversary issue &#8211; they always seem to push their own boundaries and surprise us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1766,716,1767,1768,1765,1769,1764,486,563,1096,1042,1770,1479],"class_list":["post-6910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-models","tag-anais-mali","tag-crystal-renn","tag-hanne-gaby-odiele","tag-hyoni-kang","tag-jang-hyun-hong","tag-julia-nobis","tag-karina-givargisoff","tag-louis-vuitton","tag-maryna-linchuk","tag-racial-diversity","tag-springsummer-2012","tag-valerija-kelava","tag-w-korea"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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