2015: Why this year is a success for diversity

Nirvana Naves (2nd to the right, of Guyanese and Dutch descent)

Women of color, of mixed racial descents, transgenders, and Asians were not only warming up the runway, but they were everywhere this year. From print ads to commercials, runway shows to show openers, diversity was the main theme of modeling this year. And I cannot be any happier.

Transgender model Andreja Pejic

Indian model Bhumika Arora

Transgender model Hari Nef

Indian model Pooja Mor

I’ve blogged a lot about the transgender models making waves, the likes of Hari Nef and Andreja Pejic, and the fact that androgyny is one of the leading themes for modeling this year.

Indian models like Pooja Mor and Bhumika Arora also made waves this year, so did Guyanese-Dutch model Nirvana Naves, Moroccan-Egyptian model Imman Hammam, Jamaicans Tami Williams and Kai Newman, African-American Selena Forrest and Lineisy Montero.

Jamaican model Tami Williams

African-American model Selena Forrest

African-American model Lineisy Montero

Jamaican model Kai Newman

Morrocan-Egyptian model Imman Hammam

And don’t forget the Asians who took the runways by storm: Jing Wen, Yuan Bo Chao and Wangy Xinyu.

Yuan Bo Chao

Wang Xingyu

Jing Wen

Here is a video with Imman Hammam:

It’s always fascinating that the modeling world continues to accept those that others cannot. And this is one of the reasons why I love working in this industry. It may bite, but it celebrates diversity like no other.