Black Icons - 2022
This Black History Month, we are honoured to stand in solidarity with the incredible black icons throughout British history. Our mini models have paid tribute by donning their most dazzling outfits as they take on the personas of those who’ve inspired them! From athletics and artistry to acting and activism, let's applaud these powerhouse change-makers for championing diversity while showing what it means to excel — together.
Ade Adepitan
Presenter and Wheelchair basketball player
Model: Selasi
Judi Love
Comedian & Presenter
Model: Amara
Sir Lenny Henry
Actor, comedian, presenter and Writer
Model: Oscar
Sir Trevor Mcdonald
Newsreader & Journalist
Model: Isaiah
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu
British nurse, health care administrator, lecturer & Professor
United Kingdom's first sickle cell and Thalassaemia nurse specialist
Model: Geanna
Mary Seacole
nurse & author
First British nurse practitioner
Model: Ella
Leomie Anderson
Model
Model: Shyla-Rae
Joseph Coehlo
Author
Model: Aaron
Benjamin Zephaniah
Poet, playwright & author
Models: Khalifa
Michaela Cole
Actress & Screenwriter
Model: Shiya
Daniel Kuluya
Actor
Model: Kershai
John Boyega
Actor
Model: Raheim
Swiss
Musician & Founder/CEO of BLACK POUND DAY
Model:
Jamelia
Singer, songwriter & TV presenter
Model: Amelia
Kano
Rapper, songwriter & Actor
Model: Tahir
Margaret Busby
Publisher, editor, writer & Broadcaster
Britain's youngest and first black female book publisher
Model: Tolani
ZeZe Millz
News personality
Model: Jenaya
Little Simz
Rapper, singer & actress
Model: Aayla
Becky Downie
Gymnast
Model: Millie-Mae
Perri Shakes-Drayton
Athlete
Model: Freya
Cephas Williams
Community activist, Campaigner & photographer
Model: Amir
Julie Adenuga
Broadcaster, Presenter, radio host & DJ
Model:
Lavinya Stennett
The founder of The Black Curriculum
Model: Rhyna