Valentina Sampaio

Valentina Sampaio

Country

Brazil

Birth - Death

1996

Occupation

Fashion

Description

Transgender fashion model. First transgender model to appear in the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition (2020). She became the second trans model to cover Elle Brazil, following Lea T. First model to cover any edition of Vogue magazine, with the prestigious French Vogue in February 2017. Later that year, she also appeared on the covers of Vogue Brasil and Vogue Germany. In 2018 she booked jobs with Victoria's Secret, becoming the first trans model to do so. LGBTQ activist.

See Also

• Transgender Fashion Models
• Transgender Activists
• Outstanding LGBTQ Youths of 2020

Further Reading/Research

• https://fashionista.com/tag/valentina-sampaio
• https://www.out.com/fashion/2020/7/13/valentina-sampaio-first-trans-model-sports-illustrated

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