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”’Aariana Rose Philip”’ (born March 15, 2001) is an Antiguan-American model and musician.<ref name=”:62″>{{Cite web|title=ELITE MODEL MANAGEMENT {{!}} AARON PHILIP {{!}} COVERS|url=https://www.elitemodel.com/newyork/image/aaron-philip/covers/|access-date=2020-10-22|website=www.elitemodel.com|archive-date=2020-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026170224/https://www.elitemodel.com/newyork/image/aaron-philip/covers/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=”autogenerated222″>{{Cite web |title=Aariana Rose Philip – Model |url=https://models.com/models/aaron-rose-philip |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=MODELS.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=1 September 2018|title=From Homelessness to Fashion Modeling|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/us/from-homelessness-to-fashion-modeling.html|publisher=}}</ref><ref name=”autogenerated122″>{{cite web|date=24 May 2018|title=This disabled trans teenager is changing the world of modelling|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/aaron-philip-model-disabled-gender-fluid-changing-fashion-industry-asos-a8366861.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524173939/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/aaron-philip-model-disabled-gender-fluid-changing-fashion-industry-asos-a8366861.html |archive-date=2018-05-24 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|website=The Independent}}</ref><ref name=”:022″>{{cite web|title=Trans model with cerebral palsy Aaron Philip signed by major modelling agency – PinkNews · PinkNews|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/09/08/aaron-philip-modelling-agency/|website=www.pinknews.co.uk|date=8 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Aaron Philip Just Became the First Disabled Transgender Model to Sign With Elite|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/aaron-philip-elite-model-management|website=Teen Vogue|date=4 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Disabled Trans Model Who’s Here to DOMINATE the Fashion World|url=https://www.them.us/story/aaron-philip-fashion-and-disability|website=them.|date=22 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=”:122″>{{cite web|date=1 September 2018|title=Model Aaron Philip Signs with Elite Model Management|url=http://www.papermag.com/model-aaron-philip-signs-with-elite-model-management-2601064651.html|website=PAPER}}</ref> In 2018, she became the first black, transgender, and physically disabled model to ever be represented by a major modeling agency and has since modeled in several major high fashion photo shoots and campaigns.<ref name=”:022″ /><ref name=”:122″ /><ref name=”glamour-5sep201922″>{{cite magazine|last1=Colón|first1=Ana|last2=Marinelli|first2=Gina|date=September 5, 2019|title=Model Aaron Philip Manifested Her Dream—With a Tweet|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/model-aaron-philip-interview|accessdate=April 16, 2020|magazine=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]}}</ref> In 2021, Philip debuted as an exclusive for [[Moschino]]’s spring/summer 2022 fashion show – making her the first model using a wheelchair to walk for a major luxury fashion brand.

”’Aariana Rose Philip”’ (born March 15, 2001) is an Antiguan-American model and musician.<ref name=”:62″>{{Cite web|title=ELITE MODEL MANAGEMENT {{!}} AARON PHILIP {{!}} COVERS|url=https://www.elitemodel.com/newyork/image/aaron-philip/covers/|access-date=2020-10-22|website=www.elitemodel.com|archive-date=2020-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026170224/https://www.elitemodel.com/newyork/image/aaron-philip/covers/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=”autogenerated222″>{{Cite web |title=Aariana Rose Philip – Model |url=https://models.com/models/aaron-rose-philip |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=MODELS.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=1 September 2018|title=From Homelessness to Fashion Modeling|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/us/from-homelessness-to-fashion-modeling.html|publisher=}}</ref><ref name=”autogenerated122″>{{cite web|date=24 May 2018|title=This disabled trans teenager is changing the world of modelling|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/aaron-philip-model-disabled-gender-fluid-changing-fashion-industry-asos-a8366861.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524173939/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/aaron-philip-model-disabled-gender-fluid-changing-fashion-industry-asos-a8366861.html |archive-date=2018-05-24 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|website=The Independent}}</ref><ref name=”:022″>{{cite web|title=Trans model with cerebral palsy Aaron Philip signed by major modelling agency – PinkNews · PinkNews|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/09/08/aaron-philip-modelling-agency/|website=www.pinknews.co.uk|date=8 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Aaron Philip Just Became the First Disabled Transgender Model to Sign With Elite|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/aaron-philip-elite-model-management|website=Teen Vogue|date=4 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Disabled Trans Model Who’s Here to DOMINATE the Fashion World|url=https://www.them.us/story/aaron-philip-fashion-and-disability|website=them.|date=22 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=”:122″>{{cite web|date=1 September 2018|title=Model Aaron Philip Signs with Elite Model Management|url=http://www.papermag.com/model-aaron-philip-signs-with-elite-model-management-2601064651.html|website=PAPER}}</ref> In 2018, she became the first black, transgender, and physically disabled model to ever be represented by a major modeling agency and has since modeled in several major high fashion photo shoots and campaigns.<ref name=”:022″ /><ref name=”:122″ /><ref name=”glamour-5sep201922″>{{cite magazine|last1=Colón|first1=Ana|last2=Marinelli|first2=Gina|date=September 5, 2019|title=Model Aaron Philip Manifested Her Dream—With a Tweet|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/model-aaron-philip-interview|accessdate=April 16, 2020|magazine=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]}}</ref> In 2021, Philip debuted as an exclusive for [[Moschino]]’s spring/summer 2022 fashion show – making her the first model using a wheelchair to walk for a major luxury fashion brand.

== Career ==

== Career ==

Antiguan-American model and activist

Aariana Rose Philip (born March 15, 2001) is an Antiguan-American model and musician.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] In 2018, she became the first black, transgender, and physically disabled model to ever be represented by a major modeling agency and has since modeled in several major high fashion photo shoots and campaigns.[7][10][11] In 2021, Philip debuted as an exclusive for Moschino‘s spring/summer 2022 fashion show – making her the first model using a wheelchair to walk for a major luxury fashion brand.

Career

In 2016 at age 14, Philip published a memoir called This Kid Can Fly: It’s About Ability (Not Disability) detailing her experiences during childhood with quadriplegic cerebral palsy. The book was co-written with writer Tanya Bolden and published by HarperCollins.[12]

Philip has actively worked towards shaping a more equitable, inclusive fashion industry through her modeling career, via her prolific editorial features in W, i-D, Dazed, ELLE, Allure, and Paper magazines, as well as Refinery29 and Now This. In 2018, Philip was also subject to a profile in The New York Times, hailing her career as a sign of a more diverse industry.[13]

Philip graced the cover of Paper magazine’s “Pride” issue, interviewed by supermodel Naomi Campbell.[14] She also appeared on the September issue cover of S Moda for El Pais, and the spring/summer 2021 cover of INDIE Magazine. Philip has appeared in editorials for Vogue Italia, Vogue Polska and Vogue Portugal, and has appeared in campaigns for Dove, Sephora, Outdoor Voices, and Nike.

Philip made her first runway appearance in 2019, when she closed a show for Willie Norris Workshop. Philip has also modeled for American designer Collina Strada’s runway shows and in the brand’s lookbooks. Marc Jacobs has also made Philip one of the designer’s closest, most frequent collaborators, working with her on various media projects. In 2019, Philip made her television debut on TBS‘s Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. In 2020, Jeremy Scott, former creative director of Italian luxury fashion brand Moschino, tapped Philip as the face of the brand’s fall/winter 2020 campaign, shot by photographers Luigi and Iango. In 2021, Philip debuted exclusively for Moschino‘s spring/summer 2022 runway show at New York Fashion Week, making her the first model using a wheelchair to walk a runway show for a major luxury fashion brand.[15][16]

In 2023, Philip appeared on the cover of British Vogue‘s May issue[17] alongside actor Selma Blair, writer and disability advocate Sinéad Burke, model Ellie Goldstein, and ASL interpreter/performer Justina Miles.[18][19]

In 2024, Philip signed with Supreme Management New York.[20] In 2025, she signed with Supreme Management Paris.[21]

In 2025, Philip began self-releasing alternative and experimental music, producing and writing her own material independently.[22] That same year, she hosted her first NTS Radio residency broadcast, highlighting her sonic direction.[23]

In October 2025, Philip appeared on the cover of Vogue Netherlands alongside photographer, model and socialite Richie Shazam and model Valentine Alvarez.[24][25] Later in 2025, Philip was featured in Vogue’s coverage of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund’s adaptive fashion design challenge[26] as the muse and collaborator of designer Bach Mai, with whom she co-created the look presented for the challenge.

Personal life

Philip was born in Antigua and Barbuda and diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a baby. Philip and her family relocated to the United States when she was three years old and have lived in the Bronx, New York, ever since. Philip has been on the internet since a young age, most notably starting on her former Tumblr blog, ‘Aaronverse.’

Recognition

Philip was listed as part of Teen Vogue‘s 21 Under 21 for 2018 and 2020.[27]

In 2019, Out magazine named Philip and Teddy Quinlivan as Out100 Models of the Year.[28]

Philip was recognized as a Dazed 100 model in 2019, which recognizes prominent influences in youth culture.[29]

In February 2020, Philip was featured on Beyoncé‘s website as a part of the “This is Black History” series of #BEYGOOD.[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ “Elite Model Management – Aaron Philip – Portfolio”. Archived from the original on 2018-09-29. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  2. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference autogenerated was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ “ELITE MODEL MANAGEMENT | AARON PHILIP | COVERS”. www.elitemodel.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  4. ^ .com, MODELS (2025-11-14). “Aariana Rose Philip – Model”. MODELS.com. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  5. ^ “From Homelessness to Fashion Modeling”. The New York Times. 1 September 2018.
  6. ^ “This disabled trans teenager is changing the world of modelling”. The Independent. 24 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-05-24.
  7. ^ a b “Trans model with cerebral palsy Aaron Philip signed by major modelling agency – PinkNews · PinkNews”. www.pinknews.co.uk. 8 September 2018.
  8. ^ “Aaron Philip Just Became the First Disabled Transgender Model to Sign With Elite”. Teen Vogue. 4 September 2018.
  9. ^ “Meet the Disabled Trans Model Who’s Here to DOMINATE the Fashion World”. them. 22 May 2018.
  10. ^ a b “Model Aaron Philip Signs with Elite Model Management”. PAPER. 1 September 2018.
  11. ^ Colón, Ana; Marinelli, Gina (September 5, 2019). “Model Aaron Philip Manifested Her Dream—With a Tweet”. Glamour. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  12. ^ “This Kid Can Fly: It’s About Ability (NOT Disability)”. HarperCollins. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  13. ^ “A Path to the Runway, Paved With Hardship (Published 2018)”. 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  14. ^ “Naomi Campbell Interviews Aaron Philip for PAPER Magazine – PAPER Magazine”. www.papermag.com. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  15. ^ Messina, Victoria (2021-09-10). “Model Aaron Rose Philip Just Made Her Runway Debut For Moschino: “Disabled Talents Matter”“. Popsugar. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  16. ^ Dazed (2021-09-10). “Aaron Rose Philip hits the runway at Moschino’s nostalgic SS22 show”. Dazed. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  17. ^ Burke, Sinéad (20 April 2023). “Model Aaron Rose Philip Is On A Mission To Level Fashion’s Playing Field”. British Vogue. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  18. ^ ““Nothing Is More Fashionable Than Inclusivity”: Sinéad Burke Introduces British Vogue’s May 2023 Cover Stars”. British Vogue. 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  19. ^ “A New Vanguard Of Disabled Talent Covers British Vogue’s May 2023 Issue”. British Vogue. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  20. ^ “Aariana Rose Philip – Model”. www.suprememanagement.com. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  21. ^ “Aariana Rose Philip – Model”. www.suprememanagement.com. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  22. ^ <ref>Garcia-Furtado, Laia (2025). “The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists Team Up With Tilting the Lens to Take On Adaptive Fashion”. Vogue. Condé Nast. Retrieved 2025-11-14.<ref>
  23. ^ <ref>“Aariana Rose Philip on NTS Radio”. NTS Live. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 2025-11-14.<ref>
  24. ^ <ref>Almuli, Tatjana (October 7, 2025). “Trans modellen Richie Shazam, Aariana Rose Philip en Valentine Alvarez”. Vogue Netherlands (in Dutch). Condé Nast. Retrieved 2025-11-14.<ref>
  25. ^ “Vogue Netherlands October 2025 Digital Covers (Vogue Netherlands)”. MODELS.com. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  26. ^ <ref>Garcia-Furtado, Laia (October 31, 2025). “The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalists Team Up With Tilting the Lens to Take On Adaptive Fashion”. Vogue. Condé Nast. Retrieved 2025-11-14.<ref>
  27. ^ “NYFW Wasn’t Ready For Aaron Philip — But She’s Just Getting Started”. Teen Vogue. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  28. ^ Street, Mikelle (November 22, 2019). “Aaron Philip and Teddy Quinlivan are Out100’s Models of the Year”. Out. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  29. ^ “Aaron Philip is the trans, disabled model making history”. Dazed. 2019-05-13. Archived from the original on 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  30. ^ “This is Black History: Aaron Philip”. Beyoncé. Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2020-10-22.

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