80s model Beverly Johnson, 71, stuns in a sparkling gold dress as she attends the 2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards
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Beverly Johnson looked stunning as she attended the star-studded 2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards on Thursday night.
The '80s model, 71, was as glamorous as ever in a figure-hugging gold dress with sparkling sequin accents.
The sleeveless ensemble showed off her toned arms and featured a sizzling thigh-high slit and cascading train.
The beauty paired the dress with gold open-toe heels and wore her raven locks parted in the middle and falling down in light waves.
The star – who was joined at the event by Margot Robbie, Eva Longoria and Emma Stone – further accessorized with two delicate silver necklaces.
Beverly Johnson looked stunning as she attended the star-studded 2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards on Thursday night
The '80s model, 71, was as glamorous as ever in a figure-hugging gold dress with sparkling sequin accents
Beverly – who shot to fame when she became the first black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in 1974 – exuded impeccable glamor for an evening, with bronze eyeshadow and pink blush accentuating her naturally stunning features.
Last year, Beverly attended the gala with her financier fiance Brian Maillian, 73.
The lovebirds have been engaged for three years.
In 2020, she said, “This is the first time I'm dating someone so close to my age!”
“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.
“Just finding the love of my life at this point in my life was amazing,” she said People.
She said Brian, a financier, is a trailblazer like her.
“While I was breaking boundaries in the fashion industry, he was doing the same on Wall Street,” the beauty said.
The sleeveless ensemble showed off her toned arms and featured a sizzling thigh-high slit, as well as a cascading train
The beauty paired the dress with gold open-toe heels and wore her raven braids parted in the middle and flowing down in light waves
The star – who was joined at the event by Margot Robbie, Eva Longoria and Emma Stone – further accessorized with two delicate silver necklaces
Beverly radiated flawless glamor for the evening, with bronze eyeshadow and pink blush accentuating her naturally stunning features
Last year, Beverly attended the gala with her financier fiance Brian Maillian, 73
Johnson rose to fame when she became the first black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in 1974. The following year, in 1975, she also appeared on the cover (photo)
The proposal happened suddenly, she said, while they were in Palm Springs with family.
“My older sister Sheilah was there and she said to Brian, 'I didn't hear you answer my sister when she asked you to marry him,'” Johnson said.
'And he said, 'I answered her. I asked her to marry me. And she said, 'No. Besides, I don't have a ring.'
Then Brian's mother “took off her wedding ring and passed it around the table until he reached Brian and he got down on one knee,” she added.
“I was crying uncontrollably and he said, 'Will you marry me?' and I said yes!'
She was previously married to real estate agent Billy Potter and then to music producer Danny Sims, with whom she has daughter Anansa.
Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards WINNERS
Vanguard Award: Killers Of The Flower Moon
Desert Palm Achievement Award: Emma Stone – Poor things
Emma Stone received one of the most coveted awards – Desert Palm Achievement Award – for her work in Poor Things
Desert Palm Achievement Award: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Breakthrough Performance Award: Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Director of the Year Award: Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Career Achievement Award: Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
International Star Award: Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Spotlight Award: Colman Domingo – Rustin
Spotlight Award: Danielle Brooks – The color purple
Danielle Brooks was recognized when she received the Spotlight Award for her mesmerizing performance in The Color Purple
Chairman's Award: Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell – Barbie
Icon Award: Paul Giammati – The Holdovers