Elaine George

She was the first Aboriginal fashion modelmodel| to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine, in the Australian edition, September 1993.

Her mother is of Arakwal descent, and her father (white) Australian of German ancestry.

He was there with his partner, Diana Finke, and their children, just a few days after having had a conversation with then editor of Vogue Australia, Nancy Pilcher, about not having featured enough Australian models on the cover.

[1] Good sent test shots of her to Pilcher, who decided to put George on the cover of the September 1993 issue of the magazine.

[2][3][4] According to former Vogue editor Kirstie Clements, the magazine received criticism for the fact that the already light-skinned George was blown out on the cover appearing to have even lighter skin then she had.