I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Beverly Johnson for a few years now. She’s one of the most beautiful women ever. She walks into a room and changes the energy immediately. She has that rare blend of charisma and personality that equals magnetism. My interview with her blew me away. People think that there was this rivalry and battle between Beverly and Iman to be the first black woman on the cover of American Vogue, but Beverly booked this cover – shot by Francesco Scavullo – in 1974, two years before Iman arrived in the US from Africa and began modelling.

Photograph: Francesco Scavullo/PR