I was nineteen when I first heard MØ’s “Waste of Time,” its thumping bass, liquid guitar riffs, and towering vocals frenetically soothing my young broken heart. “Lean On,” her relentlessly catchy, record-shattering track with Major Lazer, pulsed over the New York airwaves seemingly every twenty minutes as I drove beachside, windows down with my best friends in 2015.

Wielding striking looks, piercings, tattoos, and an unmistakable attitude, Omahyra Mota blazed a trail for non-conformers within an industry of traditionalism.

Dynamic, commanding, and searingly unapologetic, Janice Dickinson stands as an enduring, empowering figure of reinvention in an industry often resistant to change. Initially rejected by countless modeling agents in the 1970s who deemed her “too ethnic” to work, Janice commandeered a blonde-haired, blue-eyed industry with an unmistakable attitude – and an ax to grind.