Christine Blasey Ford
2019-08-09 13:41:32 UTC
When times get tough, the tough
. hire a transgender model?
That is the message from Victorias Secret, is seems. Ed Razek,
the chief marketing executive for L Brands, the parent company
of Victorias Secret, has made the decision that it is time to
say adios. To be fair, hes been maneuvering in rough terrain
for many months. Not only is Victorias Secret struggling to
remain the gold standard for sexy lingerie, but theres also the
whole Jeffrey Epstein connection, too.
Valentina Sampaio, a Brazilian model, and actress made the
announcement on her Instagram account because this is 2019 and
that is how these things are done. The picture was one taken as
Valentina worked on the Victorias Secret Pink campaign. She has
a solid resume of international work for a 22-year-old. This is
not her first transgender ceiling-breaker, either, as she was
the first transgender model to grace the cover of any Vogue
edition hers was for Vogue Paris.
Sampaio is a 22-year-old transgender model from Brazil who began
her career walking in São Paulo Fashion Week. She was
subsequently cast in the ad campaign for the collaboration
between LOréal Paris and Balmain in 2017. She also appeared on
the cover of Vogue Paris for the March 2017 issue, marking the
first time a transgender model appeared on the cover of any
Vogue edition. She has since appeared on other Vogue covers,
including the Brazilian and German editions, and on the covers
of Elle Mexico and Brazil and in the pages of Vanity Fair Italy
and Marie Claire Brazil. Sampaio has also worked with brands
such as Philipp Plein, Moschino and Pollini, among others.
We will be made to accept the transgender agenda whether we want
to or not. Transgender is the new black, to paraphrase a quote
from the fashion industry. There was a time when a transgender
reveal was a rarity, not a mainstream conversation. Im old
enough to remember Renee Richards, the tennis player, who was
born Richard Raskind. There was a whole controversy over if
Richards should be allowed to compete in womens tennis
competitions. VS Pink, for which Valentina was hired to market,
is Victorias Secret athletic line.
It turns out that Razek got into some hot water last year
because of a remark he made in a Vogue interview.
The marketing executive made headlines last year when he said in
an interview with Vogue that Victorias Secret should not cast
transsexuals in its fashion show because the show is a
fantasy. Mr. Razek later apologized for his insensitive
remarks.
I assume Valentina was brought on to mend fences and to be held
up as a gesture of kumbaya to the transgender community.
Victorias Secret also has to deal with the #MeToo movement and
its connection to Jeffrey Epstein. For years, Epstein has been
an adviser to Leslie H. Wexner, the companys chief executive.
The Times reported last month that L Brands executives in the
mid-1990s had learned that Mr. Epstein was trying to pitch
himself as a recruiter for Victorias Secret models. They said
Mr. Wexner was warned. Around the same time, a model said, Mr.
Epstein lured her to his hotel room under the pretense of being
a Victorias Secret talent scout and then attacked her.
L Brands has said it hired outside lawyers to to conduct a
thorough review into the relationship between Mr. Wexner and
Mr. Epstein.
The long knives are out from activist groups and Victorias
Secret has had a hard time keeping up. It looks like the sexy
lingerie fashion shows arent going to be televised anymore.
Thats sure to bring sighs of disappointment from men across
America. So much for the young women wearing wings and high
heels sashaying down the runway. Transgender models are up-to-
date, you see. And inclusive.
In May, after nearly two decades of star-studded events, Mr.
Wexner said that the fashion show would no longer air on network
television. Last week, the model Shanina Shaik told The Daily
Telegraph that this years show was canceled entirely.
James A. Mitarotonda, who heads the activist investor Barington
Capital Group, sent a letter in March to Mr. Wexner complaining
about L Brands poor performance. Mr. Mitarotonda wrote that
Victorias Secret needed to employ a more inclusive marketing
message and that Mr. Razek has done a poor job of stewarding
Victorias Secrets brand by failing to communicate a
compelling, up-to-date image that resonates with todays
consumers.
NowThis
?
@nowthisnews
Victorias Secret has hired its first openly transgender model,
22-year-old Brazilian Valentina Sampaio
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That is the message from Victorias Secret, is seems. Ed Razek,
the chief marketing executive for L Brands, the parent company
of Victorias Secret, has made the decision that it is time to
say adios. To be fair, hes been maneuvering in rough terrain
for many months. Not only is Victorias Secret struggling to
remain the gold standard for sexy lingerie, but theres also the
whole Jeffrey Epstein connection, too.
Valentina Sampaio, a Brazilian model, and actress made the
announcement on her Instagram account because this is 2019 and
that is how these things are done. The picture was one taken as
Valentina worked on the Victorias Secret Pink campaign. She has
a solid resume of international work for a 22-year-old. This is
not her first transgender ceiling-breaker, either, as she was
the first transgender model to grace the cover of any Vogue
edition hers was for Vogue Paris.
Sampaio is a 22-year-old transgender model from Brazil who began
her career walking in São Paulo Fashion Week. She was
subsequently cast in the ad campaign for the collaboration
between LOréal Paris and Balmain in 2017. She also appeared on
the cover of Vogue Paris for the March 2017 issue, marking the
first time a transgender model appeared on the cover of any
Vogue edition. She has since appeared on other Vogue covers,
including the Brazilian and German editions, and on the covers
of Elle Mexico and Brazil and in the pages of Vanity Fair Italy
and Marie Claire Brazil. Sampaio has also worked with brands
such as Philipp Plein, Moschino and Pollini, among others.
We will be made to accept the transgender agenda whether we want
to or not. Transgender is the new black, to paraphrase a quote
from the fashion industry. There was a time when a transgender
reveal was a rarity, not a mainstream conversation. Im old
enough to remember Renee Richards, the tennis player, who was
born Richard Raskind. There was a whole controversy over if
Richards should be allowed to compete in womens tennis
competitions. VS Pink, for which Valentina was hired to market,
is Victorias Secret athletic line.
It turns out that Razek got into some hot water last year
because of a remark he made in a Vogue interview.
The marketing executive made headlines last year when he said in
an interview with Vogue that Victorias Secret should not cast
transsexuals in its fashion show because the show is a
fantasy. Mr. Razek later apologized for his insensitive
remarks.
I assume Valentina was brought on to mend fences and to be held
up as a gesture of kumbaya to the transgender community.
Victorias Secret also has to deal with the #MeToo movement and
its connection to Jeffrey Epstein. For years, Epstein has been
an adviser to Leslie H. Wexner, the companys chief executive.
The Times reported last month that L Brands executives in the
mid-1990s had learned that Mr. Epstein was trying to pitch
himself as a recruiter for Victorias Secret models. They said
Mr. Wexner was warned. Around the same time, a model said, Mr.
Epstein lured her to his hotel room under the pretense of being
a Victorias Secret talent scout and then attacked her.
L Brands has said it hired outside lawyers to to conduct a
thorough review into the relationship between Mr. Wexner and
Mr. Epstein.
The long knives are out from activist groups and Victorias
Secret has had a hard time keeping up. It looks like the sexy
lingerie fashion shows arent going to be televised anymore.
Thats sure to bring sighs of disappointment from men across
America. So much for the young women wearing wings and high
heels sashaying down the runway. Transgender models are up-to-
date, you see. And inclusive.
In May, after nearly two decades of star-studded events, Mr.
Wexner said that the fashion show would no longer air on network
television. Last week, the model Shanina Shaik told The Daily
Telegraph that this years show was canceled entirely.
James A. Mitarotonda, who heads the activist investor Barington
Capital Group, sent a letter in March to Mr. Wexner complaining
about L Brands poor performance. Mr. Mitarotonda wrote that
Victorias Secret needed to employ a more inclusive marketing
message and that Mr. Razek has done a poor job of stewarding
Victorias Secrets brand by failing to communicate a
compelling, up-to-date image that resonates with todays
consumers.
NowThis
?
@nowthisnews
Victorias Secret has hired its first openly transgender model,
22-year-old Brazilian Valentina Sampaio
Embedded video
434
9:03 PM - Aug 7, 2019
Twitter Ads info and privacy
133 people are talking about this
https://hotair.com/archives/karen-townsend/2019/08/08/victorias-
secret-new-model-transgender-woman-executive-resigns/