Pat Cleveland

Pat Cleveland is an international icon who has worked for prestigious fashion designers including Armani, Stephen Burrows, Halston, and Valentino, both on and off the runway. Throughout her illustrious modeling career, Cleveland has appeared on the pages of Ebony, Essence, Interview, W Magazine, and Vogue and has been photographed by legendary photographers such as Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Horst P. Horst, and Steven Meisel. She has appeared in countless commercials and advertisements. Recently, Cleveland received the Thurgood Marshall Award for being a fashion icon and earned a Fashion Achiever Award from the Fashion Institute of Technology, a Lifetime Achievement Award by the UCOF, and a Fashion Innovator Award by Emerge. She was also honored by FIT and the Metropolitan Museum of Art for modeling in the Versailles 1973 fashion show. Cleveland regularly motivates and inspires during speaking engagements at museums, institutions, and events. She published her autobiography, Walking with the Muses: A Memoir, in 2017. Cleveland lives with her husband Paul van Ravenstein and has two children, Anna and Noel.