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Vogue Mexico Cover Star Joan Smalls on Afro-Latina Identity

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March 27, 2020
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Joan Smalls stunned on Vogue Mexico y Latinoamérica’s April 2020 cover alongside YHLQMDLG urbano star Bad Bunny. It was a union of Puerto Rican excellence we didn’t know we needed and a yet again inclusive addition to the glossy magazine’s collection. Smalls was a class act and touched on identity with a frankness the reporter was seemingly unaccustomed to and transparency some Afro-Latinx readers will appreciate and relate to.

“I was always trapped in the spectrum of my skin being too light to be Black but too dark to be Latina,” she tells Vogue about the onset of her modeling career in the United States. “I came into an industry that immediately put me in a box,” she said.

“I’m not just Black and I’m not just Latina,” she told British Vogue in 2019. The Hatillo-born model went from Devoción in Brooklyn to a cafe in San Juan for that feature in order to show Vogue and viewers the dichotomy between her two lifestyles.

In 2011, Smalls became the first Afro-Latina model to represent Estée Lauder. She’s part of the Business of Fashion 500, is on Forbes’ list of highest-paid models, has modeled for the likes of Givenchy Couture, Victoria’s Secret, Dianne von Furstenberg and more.

“They saw me as the Afro-descendant model—not as a mix… they didn’t see my different layers—as a Latina and Afro-descendant—they only saw my exterior,” she said. “There was no inclusion at the time… whenever they referred to ‘lo Latino’ I was the last to be considered… Now everyone uses the term ‘Afro-Latina’ but when I started, that didn’t exist.”

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Tiempo de Unión: Fueron los primeros días de marzo cuando nuestro equipo se reunió para llevar a cabo la sesión fotográfica que protagonizaría nuestra portada. Dos de los talentos más grandes que ha dado la “Isla del Encanto” se encontraron nuevamente en un set: #BadBunny y la supermodelo #JoanSmalls, ambos nacidos en Puerto Rico y reconocidos talentos latinos que han conquistado el mundo con paso firme a través de los escenarios o las pasarelas. La calidez y las sonrisas de ese momento, es algo que hoy podría decirse que dábamos por sentado. Esto se ha convertido en la motivación y esperanza de volver a reunirnos muy pronto para crear estos contenidos para ti, para Vogue. Ante este difícil momento, al que nos enfrentamos a nivel mundial, una sesión de fotos así no parece posible. Estamos desde casa compartiendo contigo una edición que podría sentirse paralela a la realidad, pues las cosas han cambiado en cuestión de semanas, de días. Sin embargo, significa mucho para nosotros. Es nuestro motor como equipo para ver un futuro (no muy lejano) en el que podamos llevar a ti nuevamente estas historias, desde cualquier lugar de México y Latinoamérica. La edición de #VogueAbril la compartimos con mucho cariño y esperamos que te haga viajar a una encantadora isla caribeña, aunque sea en la imaginación; al leer las entrevistas su música traspase las fronteras de las páginas o tu pantalla, y lo más importante, deseamos que #VogueMéxico y #VogueLatinoamérica te acompañen más que nunca. [LINK EN BIO] #YoMeQuedoEnCasa Estamos contigo, #TeamVogue ❤️ • • Fotógrafo: @gorkapostigo Estilismo: @maxortegag Peinado: @evaniefrausto Maquillaje: @gusbortolotti Manicura: @zai.vega Entrevista: @atenea.morales Realización: @barbarateran_ @r_montemayor_ @enriquetorresmeixueiro Casting: @legainsbourg

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At 31, with over a decade of experience in the industry, Smalls knows who she is and is set on creating opportunities for the next generation of models who see themselves reflected in her.

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“I want to leave a door open for more people can walk in and not have to deal with the difficulties I had, for them to keep fighting to [knock down] the closed doors that are still there,” she declared. “I want people, but especially women, to not feel like they can’t raise their voices.


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