NEW YORK — Naomi Sims, the legendary Sixties model who broke racial barriers, died in Newark on Saturday. She was 61. The cause of death was cancer, according to Alexander Erwiah, the model’s ...

In the remembrances of model Naomi Sims, 61, who died over the weekend, there have been a host of references to her as the “first black supermodel.” The Oxford, Miss., native was given that title ...

Naomi Sims as seen in The New York Times, Fashions of the Times, Aug. 27, 1967. This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O'Driscoll providing in-depth reporting about the Pittsburgh area art ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Former fashion model Naomi Sims, whose 1968 Ladies’ Home Journal ...

The untimely passing of Naomi Sims — one of fashion’s first prominent African-American models — at 61 on Saturday saddened the editors at WWD. Over the years, the paper and its reporters often ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Naomi Sims, the barrier-breaking African-American fashion model who in 1968 became the first black model to appear on the cover of Ladies' Home Journal, has died. She was 61. Sims, ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Naomi Sims, whose 1968 Ladies' Home Journal cover shot was a breakthrough for black fashion models, has died. She was 61. Sims, said by some to be the first black supermodel, died ...