Thursday, September 3, 2009

Supermodel Sheila Johnson

Like Beverly Johnson, with whom she shared a last name (but no relation), Sheila Johnson was a top black model of the seventies and early eighties and was fairly ubiquitous - not to mention drop-dead gorgeous. Also, like Beverly Johnson, Sheila Johnson even did a couple of iconic magazine covers.


There the similarities end.

While Beverly Johnson had a more athletic image, Sheila Johnson was more soft and alluring, as evidenced by the picture below, which she did for an ad for Napier jewelry.


This once high-profile model has kept a low profile of late, but she's still an iconic (there's that word again) figure in the modeling world. Those who remember her do so fondly.



Oh, Sheila. . . . :-)

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh Steve...

I'm glad you're enjoying my scans of Sheila.

Eva Voorhees

Anonymous said...

Thanks for letting SMI see your great collection too!

EV

Ernesto A. said...

Steven:Thank you for Sheila's pictures I met her at a Restaurant where I used to work in West Holywood.I still miss her she was a nice person with me.

Steve said...

Thank you both for your comments! :-)

Anonymous said...

My name is Shelia Johnson too! I alwys knew my name meant somethng. In my heart I knw I'm a billionaire. In India our name means Rock, strong. I didn't knw there were so many Great Sheila's besides Sheila The Great!.Lol I believe that God has a purpose & plan for me. To be founder, CEO, or President of somethng. I'm carrying too many visions of big thngs in my heart not to b added to this list of Great Sheila Johnsons'. God bless u all!!!

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Anonymous said...

I met Sheila at a Church in Boston on the day she turned 22 and we were all amazed by her beauty and grace!

JohnBuss said...

I'd like to be her boyfriend and live off her wealth and in her shadow

Steve said...

John, I'd never live off any woman's wealth but I'm sure a lot of men would want to be her boyfriend and live in her shadow and never even think about money.

Anonymous said...

I knew Sheila Johnson when I was in middle school and she was in high school in Duxbury, Massachusetts in the early 1970s. Her name then was Sheila Henderson. She lived in a foster home on Chandler Drive. She was strikingly beautiful and a very kind person.