'We can do it': Yalitza Aparicio's Vogue cover hailed by indigenous women
Roma actor’s Vogue Mexico cover is first for country where light-skinned people dominate media landscape
David Agren in Mexico City
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Fri 21 Dec 2018 12.15 EST
The indigenous Mexican actor Yalitza Aparicio has made history by appearing on the cover of Vogue Mexico, in a first for a country where light-skinned people dominate the media landscape – despite an overwhelmingly mestizo and indigenous population.
Aparicio, who has won acclaim for her debut performance in Alfonso Cuarón’s new film Roma, wears a Gucci dress on the magazine’s December edition, next to the title “In tiu’n ntav’i” – “A star is born” – in the indigenous Mixtec language.
In a video released by Vogue, Aparicio, a preschool teacher from Oaxaca state, said: “Certain stereotypes are being broken: that only people with a certain profile can be actresses or be on the cover of magazines.
“Other faces of Mexico are now being recognized. It is something that makes me happy and proud of my roots.”
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/21/yalitza-aparicio-vogue-mexico-cover-roma-indigenous
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