..1973 "Grand Divertissement à Versailles" the year black models first appear in Paris catwalk.

Billie Blair was at one time among the better paid runway models in the business. Among the African-American models on the runway at Versailles in 1973 were Pat Cleveland (with Sterling St. Jacques in a 1977 show).Bethann Hardison (at left with Daniela Morera and Stephen Burrows at Studio 54 in 1977).