Valentina Sampaio the first trans model to become the image of the famous lingerie firm Victoria's Secret
GAYLES.TV.- Valentina Sampaio has made history by becoming the first transsexual model of the famous lingerie firm Victoria's Secret. With this, the American giant of the underwear industry breaks another stereotype of the fashion world. We move slowly but this is unstoppable.
The Brazilian model of 22 years will be the image of the youth line Pink of the company and it is not the first medal that hangs in that sense because, a couple of years ago, it occupied the cover of the French edition of Spindrift. Also on that occasion it was the first trans model that did it.
Before the news of the agreement became official, Valentina shared it from the back stage in her account of Instagram with a photo (which already accumulates tens of thousands of likes and comments) and a video in which he expressed his total joy for the opportunity Victoria's Secret offered him: Never stop dreaming, people. Life is amazing. Want more, hate less. Hate is useless, so don't waste your time with it ". A message from Valentina as clear as the ideas she has regarding her professional career.
Among the comments to the publication you could read congratulations from other “angels” of Victoria's Secret and famous as the actress Laverne Cox who wrote a brief but significant "Wow, finally!".
The most curious thing is that this decision has been made public the same week in which it was known that the lingerie firm was not going to organize its annual parade due to the lack of diversity in terms of gender, sizes and aesthetics of its models. A good hit then!
The firm had faced severe criticism in recent times following unfortunate statements from its marketing director. Ed Razek About transgender models and large sizes: "We tried to do a television special for plus sizes ... but nobody was interested" and, when asked about the possibility of including transgender models, he added: "I don't think we should ... the show is a fantasy". The apologies were not long in coming and the firm has chosen to radically change its line incorporating models such as Lorena Durán parading with size plus_size.
Or renew or die. Perfection is unreal and does not respond to the currents of a market in which female empowerment and open rejection of photographic retouching could disrupt the backward line of Victoria's Secret. Welcome to the real world!
Source: 20minutos.es, elpaís.com
Photographer: GTRES, EFE
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