Veronica Webb from Detroit, Michigan was a fashion design student at Parsons school of design in NYC when Karl Lagerfeld gave her a break and chose her for his Chanel runway show, which she stole brilliantly when in he middle of the catwalk she reached in her purse, took out a banana, slowly peeled it and ate it. It was a great fashion moment. She hit in the late 80's and also got a Revlon contract, one of the few black models to achieve that . She later did a stint as an actress appearing in Spike Lee's Malcolm X.  She is also an accomplished journalist and writes a column for Paper Magazine and Source Magazine in which she misquoted Mary J. Blige, thus creating a big scandal.