Valentina Sampaio walks the runway during the 2024 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at Duggal Greenhouse on October 15, 2024 in Brooklyn, New York.

The first openly transgender Victoria’s Secret model fired back at critics after she made her historic runway debut at the revamped iconic fashion show on Tuesday.

Valentina Sampaio and Alex Consani are the first trans women to walk in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

When Valentina Sampaio updated her Instagram account last Thursday with a selfie on set with Victoria’s Secret, she set off a chain reaction. The Brazilian beauty’s otherwise standard behind ...