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NEW YORK --- Valentina Sampaio has become the first openly transgender model hired by Victoria's Secret nearly a year after a top company official was pressured to apologize for implying trans women are off brand. Sampaio, a Brazilian, has been posting froVictoria’s Secret hires first transgender model
NEW YORK --- Valentina Sampaio has become the first openly transgender model hired by Victoria's Secret nearly a year after a top company official was pressured to apologize for implying trans women are off brand. Sampaio, a Brazilian, has been posting from behind the scenes of a VS Pink campaign to the delight of celebrities who include Laverne Cox. Cox who is also transgender, posted on one of Sampaio's photos: «Wow finally!» Last November, marketing officer Ed Razek of parent L Brands Inc., said in a Vogue interview that the annual Victoria's Secret angels TV special would never include «transsexuals» because «the show is a fantasy.» He apologized after outrage ensued. ...Keep on reading: Victoria’s Secret hires first transgender model Read more