Victoria’s Secret’s newest angel is a wonderful redhead named Alexina Graham. Alexina is the platform’s first red haired model and she is now paving the way for all the little girls who fear they’re not enough.
In a telling interview, the VS angel opens up about being bullied at school and reveals what it means to her that she has made it to where she is now.
“Like most red heads, I did get bullied at school, because we just stand out. I was this skinny little, geeky thing with no boobs, but now I have embraced it as a woman,” Alexina told Glamour.
“Having red hair is now a powerful part of my identity. It took me a long time to get here, I have gone through so much in the last ten years, both in terms of my career and my life. Even 5-6 years ago, I was talking to my Mum saying, ‘I might leave modelling behind.’ But she was the one who told me, ‘keep going, I know something is going to happen for you,’ and now knowing I have this platform and I can be a role model to red haired children is amazing.”
She continued: “When I first did the Victoria’s Secret show in Shanghai, and I was the first red haired girl to walk in the show since Karen Elson in 2009, I had so many messages from children and one woman said, ‘my child got bullied at school today, and I showed her your Instagram to prove that the bullying doesn’t mean anything, and you can achieve whatever you put your mind to!’ That meant so much to me.”
