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Viola Davis Comes to Life As 'The Woman King' in ELLE Brazil October by Mar + Vin
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All reports are that ‘The Woman King’ reigns supreme at the Toronto International Film Festival, which opened on September 8 and closes on Sunday, September 18.
Gina Prince-Bythewood directed the historical epic set in West Africa in 1823. Tony and Oscar award winner Viola Davis, featured here in four covers of the October 2022 issue of ELLE Brazil, stars as Nanisca, a force of nature in Dahomey, West Africa. Today Dahomey is located in what we know as southern Benin.
As the leader of the Agojie, the all-woman army of the African kingdom, Davis’s character led a fighting force so fierce that even enemies spoke of its “prodigious bravery”.
Read MoreSheila Bawar in Poetic Images by Mar+Vin Covers Vogue Brazil September 2022
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Brazilian model Sheila Bawar covers the September 2022 issue of Vogue Brasil in a fashion story ‘Dois Tempos’ [Two Times]. A combination of captivating styling by Leandro Porto and art direction by Julia Filgueiras translates into final imagery by Mar+Vin [IG] that sings a sweet and creative song.
Sheila Bawar has an interesting family heritage, with twin sisters growing up with her in São Paulo, Brazil. Sisters Lara and Mara share albinism, a condition that causes a lack of skin and hair pigment.
Read MoreGisele Bundchen by MAR+VIN in Vivara Mother's Day Campaign 2022
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Earth goddess Gisele Bundchen celebrates Mother’s Day 2022 with her new Brazilian jewelry brand Vivara campaign. MAR+VIN [IG] photographs Gisele with her long-time brand sponsor, styled by Renata Correa.
Jewelry designs are made of rose gold and white gold, with black sapphires, rose quartz, blue topaz, and diamonds.
Read MoreCarioca Actor, Activist Tais Araujo Covers Vogue Brazil April 2022 by MAR+VIN (Copy)
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With a 27-year career to her credit, Brazil’s Black actor Taís Araujo is a symbol of female empowerment. She is also an activist and businesswoman who is preparing to increase the representation of Black artists as an executive producer at Globo, the largest media group in Brazil and publisher of Vogue Brazil.
Tais Araujo covers the April 2022 issue of Vogue Brazil, styled by Rita Lazzarotti in ‘She is 'Carioca', meaning a native of Rio de Janeiro. MAR+VIN [IG] captures the dark-skinned beauty, with beauty by Henrique Martins.
The UN Women Brazil advocate for Black women’s rights shares two children João Vicente and Maria Antônia with actor and director Lázaro Ramos. She is the first Brazilian black actor to star in soap operas and to host a Sunday TV show in her country.
Araujo speaks to Vogue Brazil about the changes in her attitude around body image — a topic potentially more brutal for women in Brazil than here in America, where it looms large in the consciousness of women of every skin hue.
“When I was younger, around my 13, 15, 18, 20 and even older, I was full of nerves,” Araujo explains. Besieged by stretch marks and the size of her ass, this multi-talented woman was instead ashamed of her own body, and especially when she was modeling.
The story is so familiar to women, and 50 years into a post-feminist second wave world, it hits home that we’ve accomplished so little in eliminating shame from women’s physicality. There are moments when AOC believes that we’ve made no progress on this important front of women embracing our own bodies. And while we are all very good about talking about the problem — one that goes back hundreds if not thousands of years — where is the progress? ~ Anne
