The poster of the pinterest item (don't often peruse pinterest, but since this is a topic of interest) has other items that can be seen in this "black history" collection:
https://www.pinterest.com/vman25/black-history
BLACK BEAUTIES TO KNOW AND LOVE: ACTRESS MARPESSA DAWN
http://madamenoire.com/405362/black-beauties-know-love-marpessa-dawn/
Other pinterest posts that I found relative to the topic:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/493144227926548375
Also, seems the caption to the posting of Jennifer Jackson was written in chronological sequence, probably based on the article used to summarize the caption.
- Did hair ads and modeling
- Runner-up for Ms. Chicago Land
- Was named playboy playmate and featured in 1965 magazine
- First black model to do Lady Clairol
- First black model to do KOOL cigarettes.
- Poster girl for the Ebony Fashion show
They probably could have mentioned that she was a runner up for a beauty pageant and that she was in hair ads. This might not have been interesting as far as "history" though.
How would you describe the attention that you received from guys once you began working at the club?
The thing about that is, I never thought I was that pretty. Chicago had a lot of beautiful women, and for me to say that I was pretty? I was just there. There were so many other girls who were so much prettier than me. It’s just that a white man’s beauty is different from a black man’s beauty. I was tall and leggy — white men like that. Black men, on the other hand, liked the girls who were short and had what they called a “brick house body.” I didn’t get any attention from the brothers. They liked the little women who were short and shapely. So there was a different standard of beauty.
So while everyone was celebrating you for breaking down the barrier as the first African American to pose for the magazine, you were actually ashamed?
I never looked at it like that. I guess I was the first
Are you still ashamed about your past?
No, I’m not now. But you’ll be surprised. It depends on who you talk to. Most people really think it’s a big deal and say, “Jennifer, you should write a book.” Write a book about what?