Gail O’Neill, a prime style mannequin who grew to become one of many unique correspondent on CBS’ The Early Present, died Oct. 10. She was believed to be 61. No reason behind the loss of life has been launched.
The daughter of Jamaican immigrants, O’Neill was born in Westchester, New York. She was working a advertising job for Xerox when she was found and launched into a modeling profession within the mid-Nineteen Eighties. O’Neill appeared on the covers of magazines equivalent to Vogue, Mademoiselle and Essence, she was featured within the Sports activities Illustrated Swimsuit Challenge, starred in adverts for such firms as Avon, Revlon and Coca-Cola and modeled for such designers as Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Perry Ellis, Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors.
Together with Naomi Campbell, O’Neill was an early member of the Black Women Coalition, an advocacy group for black fashions based by Iman and Bethann Hardison. All through her profession, she additionally refused to seem in adverts for cigarettes or for firms that had South African investments in the course of the apartheid period.
O’Neill finally branched into tv. She was one of many founding correspondents on CBS’ The Early Present when it launched in 1999 and in addition hosted Journey Now for CNN in addition to Mission Group and Public Locations, Non-public Areas for HGTV. Over the previous 20 years, O’Neill labored for ArtsATL in Atlanta the place she lived.
