For many men and women, magazine covers are part of what helps shape our popular understanding of beauty. The wind-blown hair, effortlessly styled, multi-thousand dollar outfits, and of course, those photoshopped to perfection rock-hard bodies. Often times, however, those lovely faces we see gazing back at us from the front page of all those glossies can begin to look a little one note. But now,Harper’s BazaarIndiais helping to redefine our mainstream conception of beauty, featuring nine models on the cover of their new issue, including for the first time in the international publication’s history two transgender women,Tracey Africa NormanandGeena Rocero.
You may remember pioneering transgender model Tracey Africa Norman who made a name for herself in the industry back in the late 70s/early 80s shooting with Irving Penn for ItalianVogue, doing spreads forEssence, and becoming the face of Clairol,a role she recently reprised. And now the model is finally getting her turn as a cover girl, landing a spot amongst eight other legendary and up-and-coming faces, including fellow transgender model Geena Rocero (who you might recognize from herviral TED Talk), Soo Joo Park, Hind Sahli, Pyper and Daisy America, Emanuela de Paula, Cora Emmanuel, Hannelore Knuts, and of course, the master of smize,Tyra Banks.
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Norman also thanked the magazine profusely for this opportunity, gushing, “This cover means the world to me and for me to represent my community, it is such a humbling experience for me.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
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source: people.com
