in a charity fashion show. The princess was a smash hit, and soon became a highly successful fashion model, being featured in many magazines. She was the first black model to grace the pages of Harper's Bazaar in 1969, making history as one of the first African women to appear in high-fashion editorials. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis met Elizabeth at a party, and convinced her to move to New York City.

In 1970, the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe