Jourdan Dunn becomes first black model to grace Vogue cover in 12 years

British fashion model Jourdan Dunn has become the first black catwalk queen to land a solo Vogue cover in 12 years.

The 24-year-old supermodel features on the front of the February 2015 issue of the British edition of Vogue, News.com.au reported.

Dunn announced the cover via her Instagram account and captioned a picture of the cover with "I'm so Happy to finally say I'M ON THE COVER OF BRITISH VOGUE!!!"

She also thanked Patrick Demarchelier and Kate Phelan for making this happen and also thanked all for the love and support.

Naomi Campbell was Vogue UK's last black solo cover girl in 2002.