Aariana Rose Philip
American transgender female model
Aariana Rose Philip (born March 15, 2001) is an Antiguan-American model and musician.
In 2018, she became the first Black, transgender, and physically disabled model to be represented by a major modeling agency, and has since modeled in several fashion photo shoots and campaigns. In 2021, Philip debuted as an exclusive for Moschino's spring/summer 2022 fashion show—making her the first model using a wheelchair to walk for a major luxury fashion brand.
Career
In 2016 at age 14, Philip published a memoir called This Kid Can Fly: It's About Ability (Not Disability) detailing her experiences during childhood with quadriplegic cerebral palsy. The book was co-written with writer Tanya Bolden and published by HarperCollins.
Philip has modeled for W, i-D, Dazed, ELLE, Allure, and Paper magazines, as well as Refinery29 and Now This. In 2018, Philip was profiled in The New York Times, which hailed her career as a sign of a more diverse fashion industry.
In 2019, Philip appeared on the cover of Paper magazine's "Pride" issue, interviewed by supermodel Naomi Campbell. In that same year, she also appeared on the September issue cover of S Moda for El Pais. In 2021, Philip was featured on the spring/summer 2021 cover of INDIE Magazine.
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