Which model became the first openly transgender person on the cover of Vogue Paris?

Valentina Sampaio became the first openly transgender person on the cover of Vogue Paris in March 2017.

The issue presented Sampaio as part of a broader editorial discussion about transgender visibility in fashion. Her appearance was especially notable because Vogue Paris was one of the most influential national editions of the magazine, and its cover reached an international fashion audience.

Sampaio is a Brazilian model and actress from Ceará. Before the Vogue cover, she had already attracted attention through fashion campaigns and magazine work. She later became the first openly transgender model hired for Victoria’s Secret and the first openly transgender model to appear in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit.

The wording matters: the Vogue Paris record concerns an openly transgender person, not necessarily the first transgender person ever photographed by a Vogue title. Other Vogue editions and fashion publications had featured transgender people earlier.