Carolyn Phillips: Shattering the Glass Ceiling as a Bald, Woman of Color Model
Maryland is known for many things: its blue crabs, Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore, the birthplace of the United States of America’s national anthem, its role in American History, and its Fashion Week. Yes, that’s right! Maryland Fashion Week is “the only Fashion Show in the world where kids and full figure models are included on the same runway as the petite models” (Europa Regina, 2020). Some of our Nation’s top fashion models are from Baltimore and Maryland, for instance, actress and former model Nicole Ari Parker, Miss America runner-up Nana Meriwether, America’s Next Top Model contestant Isis King, Miss Teen USA 2010 Kamie Crawford, IMG Models’ Lameka Fox, and freelance model Carolyn Marie Phillips.