The Beauty of Retrospect, May Model Edition: Alva Chinn

Alva Chinn is still one of the most beautiful women in the modeling trade, as evidenced by this early picture of her from a catalog . . .

. . . as well as this more recent one.

She remains a legend after participating in a major 1973 fashion show in France, in which American models of color ruled the catwalk in a big way.

 Oh yeah, Alva Chinn recently celebrated a birthday. Never mind which birthday it was. :-)