At 18, model Lulu Yu, born in Florianópolis, is experiencing an important moment in her international career. She is in New York for the first time to participate in casting calls for fashion week season starting in the coming weeks. The young woman has just signed with an international modeling agency that represents names like Jerry Hall, Candice Swanepoel, Amelia Gray, and Eva Herzigova.
The arrival in the American market takes on special meaning for Lulu for another reason: Asian representation. The model says she grew up feeling a lack of references she could identify with and sees her own trajectory as an opportunity to expand this space in fashion.
Lulu states that it is incredible to be able to honor her ethnicity and represent so many girls who look like her. She remembers growing up missing an Asian figure in the fashion industry she could identify with, and now seeks to occupy this space that she considers important for other young women.
