Rain Dove, whose curvy figure is a breathtaking 32DD-26-34 would surely fit in perfectly amongst the Victoria’s Secret Angels. But the model, who like many women wears her hair close-cropped, and has strong features that are often considered “masculine”, knows she would never be accepted despite her figure as she doesn’t fit the feminine archetype inherent to an Angel. Rain, who is often mistaken in her daily life as “male” or “transgender, is neither.
“Every year I see VS promote their show as featuring the ‘most beautiful women in the world,'” says Rain. “During my career path I’ve experienced first hand what people deem as beautiful. It’s not me. It’s not most people. It’s limited and small. It needs to change.” Rain continues, “I’ve been told I’d make a great parts model. Designers and advertisers like the idea of my breasts, waist line, long legs and long neck. But have literally made gagging noises at my facial features”
Now, Rain is releasing a photoshoot to showcase that “different” can be sexy too. Posing in the same way as the Angels in the Christmas catalogue, Rain Dove has superimposed their faces over hers to show that sexy is subjective in an effort to encourage major companies like Victoria’s Secret to redefine what they deem to be the most beautiful women in the world.
“The face of beauty literally needs to change,” Rain conludes. “Which means the way we think of beauty needs to as well. That starts with us. Individually. Not hiding ourselves and standing up to say ‘I exist. That alone is beautiful’”.
All Lingerie: Victoria’s Secret.
Jacket: H&M.
Photo credit: Sandy Ramirez.
Hair credit: Liz Wright
Studio: You Do You studios
