Do you and the acclaim will come. I sort of made that up on the fly, but it perfectly describes Maria Borges’ consistent elevation in the modeling word. In November 2015, Borges made the bold move to walk the Victoria Secret Fashion Show runway with her natural, cropped fro which inspired the lingerie brand to “embrace everyone’s natural beauty” this past year and allow its models to wear their hair however they chose, extension-free-natural curl pattern and all. Now, L’Oréal Paris has caught on to the Angolan model’s natural beauty and named her one of its newest faces.
“I believe in the beauty of diversity and the empowering message that a girl who started from the bottom can be an international beauty symbol and be living proof that our dreams are valid, and the future ahead of us is bright,” Borges said of the new appointment in a press release.
The 24 year old can already be seen in some of L’Oréal’s campaigns for their infallible lip paints as well as their Hydra Genius Serum.
In addition to Borges, L’Oréal has also signed trans model Hari Nef, Chinese model Xiao Wen Ju, and curvy model Sabina Karlsson to be featured in future campaigns. We can’t wait to see the mark this diversity effort leaves on the industry.
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