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Lourdes Leonloves to experiment with her style.
With her own signature style and daring expression,Madonna’s oldest daughter, 26, has made a strong entrance into the fashion industry.
Though the cross Leon accessorized with channels her superstar mom’s iconic “Like A Prayer” era, the model makes the vibe her own with her long black nails, jet-black straight hair and delicate tattoos.
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Leon, a dancer herself, graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in Manhattan. She went on to study at University of Michigan like her mom, thentransferred to a dance conservatory at SUNY Purchaseand has been back in N.Y.C. ever since, living in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn.
After deciding she wanted to model, she landed her first runway gig for Gypsy Sport’s spring/summer 2019 show at New York Fashion Week.
Hersecond-ever runway appearancewas forRihanna’s Savage X Fenty show in September 2021.
Leon also appeared in the Savage x Fenty “Love On the Edge"Valentine’s Daycampaign this past January, modeling alongside Rihanna, 34, plusQuannah Chasinghorse, Tess McMillan, Alva Claire, Souizz, Shugga, Sarah Kim Nyja and Evan Leff.
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After gracing the cover ofVoguein Sept. 2021, the artist told the outlet that her upbringing was a lot different than many assume. “People think I’m this talentless rich kid who’s had everything given to her, but I’m not,” she said, noting that she paid her own way through school, only to find that movement was her true passion.
“A teacher of mine made me understand movement in a whole new way,” she added toVogue. “You’re using your body to define the space around you — to change it. That’s a very naked form of expression.”
source: people.com
