In memory of B. Smith, who passed away at the age of 70.
Before I Forget: Love, Hope, Help, and Acceptance in Our fight Against Alzheimer’sSmith began modeling once she convinced her father that the John Robert Powers modeling program she planned to attend would be a sort of"finishing school." She was finally selected for the Ebony Fashion Fair in 1969, which led to being signed by Wilhelmina Models.magazine in 1976, Smith was also an author of multiple cookbooks and started her own magazine.
Born Barbara Smith, the model went by her first initial"B." when it came to branding her empire. Her entrepreneurial spirit turned her into something of a lifestyle guru, and some even referred to her as the"black Martha Stewart," though Smith clarified her thoughts on the moniker in a 1997 interview withmagazine: “Martha Stewart has presented herself doing the things domestics and African Americans have done for years.
Smith was also a successful restaurateur, opening three of her own restaurants, one of which was named after her and opened in midtown Manhattan in 1986. It was a popular haunt for black New Yorkers visiting the theater district. The restaurateur herself could often be spotted greeting customers in the establishment, which many of her fans and followers remarked upon when remembering her life.
She was such a wonderful woman. So supportive and so damn fly... she is, was, and forever will be an ICON.
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