Source: Randy Brooke / (Photo by Randy Brooke/FilmMagic) Name: Lana Ogilvie IG: @lanaogilvie_official Agency: AnitaNorris Models/ Heffner Mgmnt/Abrams Artists/ModelCoOp Claim to Fame: The Canadian supermodel was the very first Black model to receive a COVER GIRL contract shattering a longstanding glass ceiling for Black models seeking work with commercial brands internationally. She has also appeared in Vogue , Elle, Bazaar, Marie Claire and Sports Illustrated . View this post on Instagram Winging it. Is it just me….. #ordomostpeoplehaveaplan #bellemagazine @ishiphoto @diana_carreiro @hudsonsbay A post shared by Lana Ogilvie (@lanaogilvie_official) on Sep 4, 2019 at 8:25am PDT When any non-white model books a huge contract , panels are convened and headlines are printed. Everyone is delighted and (sadly) a little shocked that a giant corporation has decided to officially embrace someone who doesn’t fit the typical mold. But after all the meetings and memos that precede the press releases, the astonishment of the media is rarely shared by the model herself. “COVER GIRL was not a surprise for me,” said Ogilvie. “When COVERGIRL wanted to book me, my agent at the time, Michael Flutie from Company Management had the idea which he proposed to them, to put me under contract. To make it a bigger thing for not just me, but also for COVER GIRL and the industry in general.” View this post on Instagram Last Weekend for the beach #fbf with @si_swimsuit #siswimsuitissue #bikinibabe #swimsuitmodel A post shared by Lana Ogilvie (@lanaogilvie_official) on Aug 30, 2019 at 12:05pm PDT Flutie’s suggestion came at the right time for an industry ready to inch forward towards a larger definition of what it meant to be beautiful. “They liked the idea obviously. And it really started that change within the beauty industry of signing different ethnicities to multiple year contacts, and forcing these huge companies to realize the buying power of ethnic consumers.” The moment and the subsequent media firestorm following the announcement were strong professional achievements for Ogilvie but they were still the result of someone else’s choices. “As a model, there is virtually nothing I can do to book or not book a job,” she explained. View this post on Instagram Bronzey. Smokey. Sexy. Werk! With @karolinapran @angiedib @sabrejewelry @lanaogilviecosmetics A post shared by Lana Ogilvie (@lanaogilvie_official) on Aug 28, 2019 at 12:50pm PDT “Either the client wants my look or not, no matter how much work I put into exercise, having beautiful images, taking on camera classes or anything. I have no control over whether I get a job or not, which is very stressful.” View this post on Instagram 90s hair, don’t care! Posting for @flaremagazinecanada #tbt #throwbackthursday Photo by my good friend @dimitrimavrikisphotography with @suzanneboyd_ A post shared by Lana Ogilvie (@lanaogilvie_official) on Aug 22, 2019 at 1:43pm PDT The serial entrepreneur decided to trade in the stress of waiting to be chosen for the fulfillment of doing the choosing. She returned to Canada to work with a laboratory and chemist on creating her own skincare line. It would have been easy to allow a company to slap her million dollar face on something but Ogilvie wasn’t interested in taking the easy way out. View this post on Instagram Spring calls for a trench and sparkle @sidneygarber @paul_westlake A post shared by Lana Ogilvie (@lanaogilvie_official) on May 15, 2019 at 10:54am PDT She spent countless hours with her collaborators, pelting them with question after question about ingredients. “I love natural and organic elements in skincare and they are really as effective as synthetic elements. I have been using natural products since I was a teenager.” View this post on Instagram Serum’s coming soon! @lanaogilviecosmetics #itsallabouttheskin #lanaogilviecosmetics A post shared by Lana Ogilvie (@lanaogilvie_official) on Jul 2, 2019 at 12:51pm PDT She ultimately settled on three products to launch with. “The peptide combination in the Rewind Facial Serum and the Retouch Eye Cream provide powerful anti-wrinkle fighting properties. My line is specifically for mature skin.I love all of the products the same. They are my babies! But I love serums in particular and the Renew Serum is very light and not sticky like many serums. It penetrates the skin very quickly. I apply it morning and night after washing, all over my face, but not the eye area. Sometimes I use a chilled facial roller to apply it.” View this post on Instagram #smile it’s Monday Laughing with @lovechicos #mondayvibes A post shared by Lana Ogilvie (@lanaogilvie_official) on Aug 12, 2019 at 9:56am PDT She also invested in formal training so that she could empower herself through education. “I believe in having a knowledge base within what I am doing, being authentic within that space. I am finishing a course in organic skincare formulation, so I can speak with the chemist from a knowledge base and be able to talk to clients coming from an educated place,” she declared. View this post on Instagram Finally #SPRING Green things growing @lovechicos #lanaogilvie @cindyandrewsmia @kristyhorst A post shared by Lana Ogilvie (@lanaogilvie_official) on May 6, 2019 at 7:40am PDT She has been just as intentional about promoting her products as developing them. She is hosting a sold out event with multicultural collective Face Flawless Skin beside other multicultural brands at Saks Fifth Avenue’s flagship location. Her commitment to hard work limited her time for self-care. “My top asset is that I work my ass off. It’s also my worst asset because I will work myself into the ground. I forget to take a break from my own projects.” View this post on Instagram Hump Day Gettin wiggy with @cindyandrewsmia #shorthairdontcare A post shared by Lana Ogilvie (@lanaogilvie_official) on Jul 17, 2019 at 11:18am PDT One self-care step she never skips is her own skin care. “My face is my moneymaker and if my skin doesn’t look good I’m out of a job. When I started, retouching was done by hand on the photograph. On the actual print! There were no apps or digital retouching, so skin had to look good in real life.” After spending years backstage in the tragic nineties she’s learned a few things on her own before the chemistry lessons. “In the 90s, before the millecelair water and makeup wipes, a lot of models swore by using baby oil to remove eye makeup. I tried it once. It was so greasy and made me break out. Really a bad moment in skincare.” View this post on Instagram Rosy Tuesdays……@lovechicos A post shared by Lana Ogilvie (@lanaogilvie_official) on Jul 9, 2019 at 4:02pm PDT Her experiences backstage, “definitely inspired me to create a line.” Those experiences are able to continue, thanks to the ripple effect from the changes in the industry Ogilvie and her contemporaries set the standard for. “The industry is more inclusive especially age wise. Which is great for me. When I started there was no market for women over 40. At 26 your were on the way out. So it’s wonderful to see that.” View this post on Instagram Monday Bling #nevertoomuch @sidneygarber Jewelry A post shared by Lana Ogilvie (@lanaogilvie_official) on Jun 24, 2019 at 10:54am PDT She is even happy about the changes in the “plus-size market,” and the messages they send to women outside of the industry. “What I am also happy about are the guidelines now in place for healthy models. In the 90s models were too skinny and a really unhealthy body image was held in high regard. That was a low point, I think ,for beauty standards that the fashion industry imposed on women.” View this post on Instagram Getting ready for Canada Day @esteelaudercanada Shades of Canada #diversityiscanadian #lanaogilvie A post shared by Lana Ogilvie (@lanaogilvie_official) on Jun 27, 2019 at 11:28am PDT She has hopes that stronger changes will come where thee “Just not have any adjective in front of the word woman. “I would love to see beauty and fashion get to the point of thinking,’ We are going to book a beautiful woman for this job’, and not ‘We are going to book a beautiful Asian woman, or Black woman, or older woman’, etc.’ I’d love to see it just be a ‘woman’ – without the thought of anything else.” Unless it’s that woman’s glowing skin. 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