Jourdan Dunn shows off her model figure as she hits the beach in a £500 designer swimsuit
By SARAH BULL
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When it comes to the latest trends, few people are as in the now as model Jourdan Dunn.
And the 22-year-old's love of fashion even influences her swimwear choice, as she proved by wearing a £500 Herve Leger swimsuit as she hit the beach in Florida.
Jourdan showed off her model figure as she soaked up the sunshine in the white Leona number, in the same week she became the first black model to feature on the cover of Australian magazine Russh.
Model figure: Jourdan Dunn showed off her slim figure in a £500 designer swimsuit as she hit the beach in Florida earlier this month
Looking all white! Mother-of-one Jourdan displayed her enviable curves in the one-piece
Smiling proudly on the front of the June-July beauty issue of the Australian magazine, editor Jess Blanch said chose the model because she's 'pretty incredible'.
Exclusive: Jourdan appears on the latest issue of Russh magazine
'We spent a lot of time trying to find the right girl,' says Blanch.
'Russh hasn't done beauty in that obvious way before.
'Jourdan's only 22, she's one of only four or five women that have become top girls, so she's pretty incredible, and she's a single mum to a son that's got sickle-cell anaemia.
'It wasn't a statement about skin colour at all, it was about beauty shining through from someone who has gone through stuff.'
Historically, Australian magazines have been slow to feature black cover models.
Vogue Australia has featured just four women of colour as cover girls in its 50-plus year history, including Aboriginal models Elaine George and Samantha Harris, while Australian Harper's Bazaar, celebrating 15 years this year, has featured none.
The British beauty, who fronts her own cooking show Well Dunn with Jourdan Dunn on MTV, recently revealed that she credits her three-year-old son Riley for inspiring her when it comes to her modelling career.
Sunning herself: The swimsuit featured a cut-out panel on the stomach and a crossover back
She said: 'I look at my son and he inspires me to do more and work harder. I'm not doing this only for me.'
However, Jourdan also acknowledged that the busy schedule of her work life makes it difficult for her to spend as much time as she wants to with her little boy.
She said: 'It's hard. We're super close and he's a real mummy's boy. His father has him at the weekend, but my mum's my main support.'
And while Jourdan has made a name for herself as one of the country's foremost fashion models, and counts Cara Delevingne among her closest friends, she admits she never believed she could make it in the industry.
Jourdan, who was scouted when she was just 14 years old, said: 'On the outside I look elegant, but then I open my mouth and it's all over. I was always told I could do it, but I didn't want to hear it.'
THE June-July issue of Russh hits newsstands next Wednesday
Soaking up the sunshine: Jourdan was seen sunbathing with fellow models and friends Anais Mali and Sigail Currie later in the day
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