Valentina Sampaio was born on 10 December 1996 and is a Brazilian model and actress.
14 Facts About Valentina Sampaio
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Valentina Sampaio became Victoria's Secret's first openly transgender model in August 2019, and became the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue's first openly transgender model in 2020.
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Valentina Sampaio was born in a fishing village in Aquiraz, Ceara, which is in Northeastern Brazil.
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Valentina Sampaio's mother is a schoolteacher and her father is a fisherman.
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Valentina Sampaio is of African, Dutch and Native Brazilian descent.
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Valentina Sampaio has said in many interviews that she was not bullied for her gender identification.
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Valentina Sampaio studied architecture in Fortaleza, but she dropped out at 16 to study fashion.
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Valentina Sampaio is a L'Oreal Paris spokeswoman along with several other Brazilian women including: Grazi Massafera, Tais Araujo, Juliana Paes, Isabeli Fontana, Emanuela de Paula, Agatha Moreira and Sophia Abrahao.
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In February 2017, Valentina Sampaio received international media attention after appearing on the cover of Vogue Paris and becoming the first transgender model to appear on the magazine's cover.
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Valentina Sampaio is the first openly transgender woman to be featured on both magazines' covers as well.
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Valentina Sampaio is signed with New York modeling agency The Lions.
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Valentina Sampaio's agent confirmed that VS PINK had hired Sampaio for a catalog photo shoot to be released sometime in August 2019.
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In 2020, Valentina Sampaio became the first transgender model to appear in Sports Illustrated.
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Valentina Sampaio is an advocate for transgender equality and awareness; she has fought against her home country's discrimination of transgender people.