Supermodel Beverly Johnson, 71, reveals she privately married fiancé Brian Maillian in Las Vegas Congratulations are in order for Beverly Johnson and her longtime better half, Brian Maillian.

During an appearance on Sirius XM’s “ Sway in the Morning ” Friday, the iconic supermodel revealed that she and the financier privately tied the knot in Las Vegas last year. “ Two days before my birthday, Johnson, 71, recalled. “ I sat up in the bed onOct. 11 and said, ‘ I know what I want for my birthday.

I want to get wedded.’ ” Although Maillian, 73, wanted a marriage with around “ 1,500 people, ” Johnson got him to agree to a lower ceremony, and the couple officially came hubby and wifey two days after. “ It was just the right moment, ” she said of their robotic decision. Despite the wedding being veritably last minute, the couple was joined by some of Johnson’s stylish friends, who she said “ orchestrated ” the whole thing.

The couple finally decided on a “ really beautiful ” mission and — despite worrying Maillian would change his mind the lovebirds ’ big day went off without a hitch. still, Johnson said she told Maillian with whom she has been for 12 years — that she wanted “ a piece of property ” rather than a ring. “ I got a lot of rings! ” she joked. Johnson, who made history as the first black woman on the cover of US Vogue in 1974, was preliminarily married to real estate agent Billy Potter from 1971 to 1975.

She latterly wed music director Danny Sims, who’s the father of their daughter, Anansa, 45. The former couple was married from 1977 to 1979. Despite preliminarily saying she “ noway ” wanted to get wedded again, Johnson told host Sway Calloway that her idea of marriage fully changed once she met Maillian latterly in life. “ It’s so profound because it’s on a completely different level, ” she said on the radio show. “ utmost clearly on a spiritual level as we get near to our God — whoever that may be — and each day and moment becomes so precious. ”