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Where you need ed something to make you feel good. >> i think that anybody that gets a call to come down, try to be on "the bill cosby show" would be excited. >> excited because he was an icon and a trail blazer. crossing racial boundaries in television. much like johnson had done in fashion. >> he was not only an icon in black america, but, you know, in america. when we come back -- >> the room started to spin. my speech was slurred. >> beverly johnson says the audition revealed a terrifying side of bill cosby. >> i just kind of cocked my head because at that point i knew he had drugged me.

Better looking brothers and sisters at home? they wanted you? >> top modeling agencies wanted johns johnson, too. she signed with the renowned ford modeling agency and by 1972, she was a glamour cover girl. beverly, what did it feel like to be here in new york? i mean, at the top of your game? >> it really felt great. i mean, you know, that song is true. you make it here -- >> you'll make it anywhere. >> it's really true. you know, i had a real sense of accomplishment, and i was on top of the world. >> a world she was about to change in ways she never expected. >> you can say whatever you want...

And sent her home in a cab. as i thought of going public, a voice in my head kept whispering, black men have enough enemies out there already, they certainly don't need me fanning the flames. >> it was a very difficult for me to come to the point where i wanted to speak out. >> what's the one thing you'll always remember from that moment when you say that he drugged you? what's the one thing you'll never forget? >> i think it would be someone taking your power because you're powerless. >> she is, for me, the most credible voice in this terribly tragic saga. >> andre leon talley, johnson's long...

What you would call a perfectly gold-plated existence, but at the same time, she's a survivor, she has struggled, she's maintained her dignity. >> cosby's lawyer wouldn't comment on johnson's allegations, but in previous statements, he's defended his client's innocence. these brand new claims about alleged decades old events are becoming increasingly ridiculous, and it is completely illogical that so many people would have said nothing, done nothing, and made no reports to law enforcement, or asserted civil claims if they thought they had been assaulted over a span of so many years. >> i don't...

Daughter. a gifted student on a full scholarship at boston's northeastern university. >> my parents really stressed education a lot. >> so dad was worried. >> modeling? you -- he's like, absolutely not. my mother had to convince my father that there was such a thing as a model. >> but despite her father's objections, johnson and her mother headed to new york anyway. hoping for that big break in the big apple's world famous fashion district. >> i had to wear heels and i remember, you know, the blisters on my feet because of walking up and down, you know, these streets in high heels. you know, t...