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Ebonee Davis, a 23-year-old model, is on a mission to change the fashion industry. Born in Seattle, Washington and now based in New York City where she’s repped by MC2 Model Management, Davis recently penned an open letter to the fashion industry, which was published for Harper’s Bazaar‘s website. The former America’s Next Top Model contestant and fall 2016 Calvin Klein campaign model begins by describing how, at the beginning of her career, she did her best to assimilate into the fashion industry by “…straightening my hair, wearing weaves and extensions.” She went on to say, “I was told that brands only booked black girls if they looked like they’d been ‘plucked from a remote village in Africa’ or like a ‘white model dipped in chocolate,’ and from the start of my career in 2011, I lived by those words.” She goes on to call for those in the fashion industry to help bring an end to racism, speak out against injustice and “love black people as much as you love black music and black culture.” Click on to learn more about Davis and how she plans on changing both the fashion industry and the world at large.

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