The Beauty of Retrospect, Part Six: Supermodel Beverly Johnson

March isn't going out like a lamb here. I found this stunning picture of Beverly Johnson - one of the immediate beneficiaries of Naomi Sims's influence - in a gorgeous strapless number!



As you can see, this picture shows two tall cool ones. :-D

Beverly Johnson has also marketed hair products and beauty books since quitting the modeling business, but with less of an impact than Naomi Sims.

That's it for now. Coming soon, a new group of beautiful women - as always, in alphabetical order. :-)

The Beauty of Retrospect, Birthday Edition: Naomi Sims is 61 Today!

Naomi Sims, the first black female supermodel, a beauty product businesswoman in her own right, and one of the most beautiful women of all time, celebrates her sixty-first birthday today. And I mean, she's celebrating it.

This is a recent picture of her.



If you looked this good at sixty-one, you'd celebrate too.

Happy birthday, Ms. Sims. :-)

A Quarter Decade of Beautiful Women

It was two and a half years ago today I started this blog, and as of today, I have featured 217 different women.

More are to come - and hopfeully, I'll be able to feature a more diverse group, not just the usual assortment of actresses and anchorwomen.

Stay tuned. :-)

Business reporter Gerri Willis

Gerri Willis is a financial reporter for CNN.



She anchors the weekend business program "Open House," a half-hour show devoted to real estate. She comes from a print background having been the senior financial correspondent for Smart Money magazine before joining CNN in 2003.

Actress Jeanne Tripplehorn

Jeanne Tripplehorn is a familiar face to HBO viewers, as she plays sister wife Barbara Henrickson in the pay cable channel's Mormon polygamist drama "Big Love."



Tripplehorn's many cinematic credits include roles in Basic Instinct, Sliding Doors, and The Firm.

Lancôme spokesmodel Arlenis Sosa

Here's the picture of Arlenis Sosa I promised earlier.




And here's another. :-)



Born in the Dominican Republic, Arlenis Sosa is the first Hispanic spokesmodel for Lancôme as well as the second black spokesmodel for the cosmetics company. Cynics will suggest that Miss Sosa provides a two-fer minority presence for Lancôme.

Or, maybe they don't realize that she was chosen for the job because she's so freakin' gorgeous.

CNBC's Trish Regan

Trish Regan hosts "The Call," a business news program devoted to real-time market coverage on CNBC.



A onetime Miss New Hampshire (in 1993), Tirsh Regan was a CBS News business correspondent from 2002 to 2007, worked at GOldman Sachs, and she holds a B.A. degree from Columbia in American history.

She'd actually wanted to be an opera singer.