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Sports Illustrated's First Transgender Model for Its Swimsuit Issue

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Valentina Sampaio has had a history-making year. This month, she becomes the first transgender model to appear within the pages of Sports Illustrated's iconic swimsuit issue.

Sampaio was announced as a 2020 rookie for the upcoming edition almost a year after becoming the first-ever openly transgender model at Victoria's Secret.In an essay for SI, an excerpt of which she shared on Instagram, Sampaio celebrated the publication for their creation of a "groundbreaking issue by bringing together a diverse set of multitalented, beautiful women in a creative and dignified way." She also wrote about her difficult path to achieving success in her modeling career. "I was born trans in a remote, humble fishing village in northern Brazil.

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