Beverly Johnson, 70, makes rare appearance with financier fiancé Brian Maillian, 72
Eighties model Beverly Johnson, 70, makes a rare appearance with her financier fiancé Brian Maillian, 72, at the Palm Springs Film Awards.
Beverly Johnson was seen with her fiance Brian Maillian on Thursday.
The 70-year-old supermodel, who has graced the cover of Vogue and Glamour, posed with him at the 34th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards Party at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
They both wore black clothing as they mingled with Cate Blanchett and Michelle Williams.
Still happy: Beverly Johnson was spotted out and about with her fiance Brian Maillian on Thursday The 70-year-old supermodel, who has graced the cover of Vogue and Glamour, posed with him at the 34th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards Party.
The lovebirds have been engaged for two years.
In 2020, she said, ‘This is the first time I’ve dated someone this close to my age!’
Her future husband is 72 years old. “We know the same songs and we’ve been through a lot of the same things,” added the runway queen who lives with her fiancé in Rancho Mirage, California.
Still a stunner: The cover girl looked toned in her plunging, sleeveless dress.
Stunning: Here she is seen on a Vogue cover wearing purple eyeshadow
“Just finding the love of my life at this point in my life has been amazing,” she said. People.
She said that Brian, a financier, is a trailblazer just like her.
“While I was breaking boundaries in the fashion industry, he was doing the same on Wall Street,” the beauty said.
The proposal happened out of the blue, he said, when they were in Palm Springs with his family.
No ring, no problem: she didn’t seem to have her ring on her left hand
So much in common: seen in 2011 with a ring on her ring finger; she said he’s a pioneer just like her
“My older sister, Sheilah, was there and she said to Brian, ‘I didn’t hear you give my sister an answer when she asked you to marry her,'” Johnson said.
“And he said, ‘I’ve answered her. I’ve asked her to marry me. And she said, No. Besides that, I don’t have a ring.'”
Brian’s mother then “removed her wedding ring and passed it across the table until it reached Brian and he knelt down,” she added.
“I was crying uncontrollably and he said, ‘Will you marry me? and i said yes!
Johnson removed the ring to return it to his mother, but she told him to keep it on for the rest of the day.
As close as it can be: “Just finding the love of my life at this point in my life has been amazing,” she told People. Seen in 2019
The proposal took her by surprise.
‘I was like how the hell did that happen? I was saying that I will never marry again,” she said.
She has been married to real estate agent Billy Potter and later to music producer Danny Sims, with whom she has a daughter, Anansa.
When it came time to buy her a ring, he said he’d rather have a house than a diamond.
Couture Stuff: The stunner was also featured on the cover of Glamor magazine.