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Valentina Sampaio.

Brazilian model and activist whose agency biography records her 2017 Vogue Paris cover as the first by a transgender model on any edition of Vogue. She became the first transgender model in Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue in 2020 and walked the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 2024.

Career focus: Editorial / campaigns / runway
Index status: Unnumbered profile
Coverage: Established career
Sources checked: 22 October 2026

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Selected milestones.

March 2017
Vogue Paris “Transgender Beauty” issue cover
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10 July 2020
First openly transgender model in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
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15 October 2024
Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, as a VS Collective ambassador
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April 2026
Harper’s Bazaar Greece cover and editorial
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