The first openly transgender Victoria’s Secret model fired back at critics after she made her historic runway debut at the revamped iconic fashion show on Tuesday.
I always dreamed to be [in Victoria’s Secret] because I’m a woman and I deserve to be there,’ transgender model Valentina Sampaio said in a 2020 interview.
As the show returned following a years-long hiatus, Alex Consani and Valentina Sampaio made history as the first transgender women to walk for the brand.
The 27-year-old model started working with the lingerie brand in 2019. On Tuesday, Sampaio and Alex Consani made history as the first two trans models to walk in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.