Beverly Johnson: Difference between revisions

Johnson has been married thrice. Her first marriage was to real estate agent Billy Potter in 1971, later divorcing in 1974. On May 8, 1977,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://people.com/archive/model-beverly-johnson-weds-businessman-danny-sims-and-gets-a-svengali-in-the-bargain-vol-8-no-15/ |title=Model Beverly Johnson Weds Businessman Danny Sims and Gets a Svengali in the Bargain |first=Lee|last=Wohlfert|date=October 10, 1977 |work=People |access-date=December 20, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1UIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14 |title=Beverly Returns To Buffalo: City Hall Opens On Sunday So Top Model Can Marry |first= Ronald E. |last=Kisner|date=June 2, 1977 |work=JET Magazine |access-date= December 20, 2017 }}</ref> Johnson, then aged 25, married 40-year-old businessman and music producer Danny Sims.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/arts/music/danny-sims-producer-of-bob-marley-dies-at-75.html |title=Danny Sims, Producer Who Signed Bob Marley, Dies at 75 |first=Rob| last= Kenner|date=October 30, 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=December 20, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/danny-sims-impresario-with-mob-connections-who-managed-bob-marley-early-in-his-career-8210675.html |title= Danny Sims: Impresario with Mob connections who managed Bob Marley early in his career |first=Chris|last= Salewicz<!--Not stated--> |date=October 14, 2012 |website=The Independent|publisher=Independent UK |access-date=December 20, 2017 }}</ref> She gave birth to their daughter, Anansa Sims on December 27, 1978, in New York City.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n0MyDwAAQBAJ&q=Anansa+Sims+1978&pg=PA157 |title=The Face That Changed It All: A Memoir |first=Beverly |last=Johnson|date=2012 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |access-date=December 20, 2017 |isbn= 9781476774435 }}</ref><ref name= people /> Johnson and Sims divorced in 1979.

Johnson and actor [[Chris Noth]] were in a five-year relationship until 1995.<ref name="people-noth">{{cite web |author1=People Staff |title=Chris Noth (mr. Big) |url=https://people.com/archive/chris-noth-mr-big/ |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=June 1, 2001}}</ref> She filed a restraining order against Noth, accusing him of physical, verbal and racial abuse.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nolan|first= Emma|date=December 17, 2021|title=Chris Noth and Beverly Johnson Article Detailing Assault Allegations Resurfaces|url=https://www.newsweek.com/chris-noth-beverly-johnson-assault-allegations-1660438|work= [[Newsweek]] |access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref>

On Jan.13thJanuary 13, 2023, she married her long timelongtime partner, Brian Maillian, a successful financier, Chairman and CEO of Whitestone Global Partners LLC.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://people.com/beverly-johnson-secret-vegas-wedding-to-brian-maillian-8425796| title=Beverly Johnson Reveals She Married Brian Maillian in Secret Vegas Wedding for Her Birthday|website=Peoplemag People | first= Jordan | last= Greene| date= January 12, 2024| accessdate = September 1, 2024}}</ref>