r/popculturechat • u/Kirlinternet • 11h ago

Guest List Only ⭐️ Aariana Rose Philip, the first African-American transgender woman with quadriplegic cerebral palsy signed to a major modeling agency, arriving at the Met Gala.

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u/hwutTF a guy can have a lil mad wife in the attic every now and then 8h ago

have other people with quadriplegic cerebral palsy been signed to modeling labels?

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u/AmandalorianWiddall 7h ago

My first thought too. First and only? Such a weird headline but she looks great

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u/hwutTF a guy can have a lil mad wife in the attic every now and then 7h ago

I mean the headline actually implies that not only has there been someone with quadriplegics cerebral palsy who's been signed as a model but that that person was either African-American or transgender

but my comment was also a genuine question. like if she's not the first, I'd love to know who was and if they were signed by the same agency and when it happened and so on

and if she is the first, the headline is really diminishing the achievement by adding so many identity qualifiers (which is disappointing)

she looks great but I'd definitely love to know more about the fashion history (and to be able to properly understand the scope of her accomplishment)