UK: Munroe Bergdorf makes history as the first openly trans woman to land her own L’Oréal UK campaign

Little by little, we’re getting closer to a time when not all of our beauty campaigns star only white, conventionally thin, cis and female spokespeople.

That was made evident on Sunday, when DJ, activist and model Munroe Bergdorf announced that she’s one of the faces of L’Oréal Paris U.K.’s latest True Match campaign, making her the first openly transgender woman to ever land her own campaign with L’Oréal in the U.K.

In her first video for the company, Bergdorf, who’s worked with companies like Uniqlo before, said that it was the lack of representation for women like her, and appreciation for women like her, that got her motivated enough to put herself in the public eye. Read more via Mic