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Dunn—a prolific, highly successful model who has fronted campaigns for Burberry and YSL and, in 2008, was the first black model to walk for Prada in a decade—didn't get a single one. Even in the UK, her own country. Cara Delevingne and Kate Moss, however, got two each.But is Dunn right? Does having a black face on your magazine cover really negatively affect sales? I reached out to both British Vogue and Harper's Bazaar for insight or statistics, but neither responded.I've worked in various roles on glossy magazines over the years and have heard the conversations Dunn speaks of—the "yeah, she's fabulous, but she won't sell" lines when deliberating on, say, using a "non-European looking" (one of the phrases I heard the most—Rihanna is considered to be "European-looking," as is Beyoncé) black model like Alek Wek on the cover. Only, I never saw any figures to corroborate that argument.There isn't a huge body of evidence for black women not selling magazines well; how could there be with so few examples?
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