One year after a Victoria’s Secret executive vowed to exclude “transsexuals” from fashion shows, the underwear brand has officially hired its first openly transgender model.
, Sampaio’s agent has clarified that she had been hired by Victoria’s Secret for a campaign, to be released in mid-August, for Pink.Sampaio’s announcement comes about a year after Ed Razek, the chief marketing officer of Victoria’s Secret’s parent company, sparked a backlash for making transphobic comments. In a 2018 interview with, Razek said trans models should not be included in the “Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” and referred to the trans community as “transsexuals.
“It’s like, why doesn’t your show do this? Shouldn’t you have transsexuals in the show?” he said. “No. No, I don’t think we should. Well, why not? Because the show is a fantasy.” Razek later apologized for his comments in a statement posted from Victoria’s Secret’s Twitter, which said the company would “absolutely cast a transgender model for the show.”
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