The first male Supermodels were not
Marcus Schenkenberg and
Tyson Beckford, in the late 70's and early 80's male models were stars and used to appear regularly on the GQ cover but it changed when the great
Art Cooper became editor-in-chief of
GQ in 1983 putting celebrities on the cover.
May 1978,
Eric Milon
Winter 1978,
Alain Jarry
May 1979,
Jeff Aquilon and
Mariel Hemingway by
Bruce Weber
^ that's my favourite
GQ cover ever, fantastic.
September 1979,
Guido Flueck
November 1979
, Renauld White
^ First American black model on a
GQ cover.
December 1980,
Michael Ives
August 1981,
Matt Norklun
October 1981,
Bodhananda
September 1982,
Tom Tripodi
October 1982,
Rick Edwards
March 1983,
Bruce Hulse
May 1983,
John Toppa
October 1983,
Billy Gleason