Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Video: Fashion's It Girl- Sessilee Lopez

Our favorite new "It Girl" and cover model, Sessilee Lopez, spoke to us during her shoot for Latina's March cover. Take a look at Lopez in action, and find out why people used to call her elephant man!

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[yonnaj05]

People of darker skin are beautiful. Just because society doesnt portray dark skin women alot in the media does not mean that they should feel unattractive.quite frankly she is beautiful and i would love see more people of color in the fashion industry. QUESTION?? Is it just me or does anyone notice how most models, whom are black, do well in their career only if they are mixed with another race and/or have lighter skin?

[sexymodelboy]

Please tell me what makes her less black than Tyra or Chanel. LOL Because all of my history textbooks state that the majority of African slaves were taken to Latin America, not the United States.

[drbayoms]

@rahmonaf

" It's because mixing between any 2 races usually results in better looking offsprings, that's a fact".

I am curious to know what exactly is your education level. Because your statement seems to be more of an opinion than a "fact". What school/college taught you that a statement as arbitrary as this one would be an example of a "fact"? I must have missed something.

If you did attend college, please give me the name. That way I can start a campaign to have it's accreditation pulled.

[drbayoms]

Race & Ethnicity are 2 totally different things.

[drbayoms]

@sexymodelboy

You are correct. Well said.

[OliCampify]

every video of a black women with a kind of dark complexion people theirs always bullshit about complexion not even race but complexion and its tiring and feeding those ignorant people the attention they want, we should all know by now natural beauty everyone possess, commerical beauty is another thing.

[OliCampify]

@sexymodelboy no one said she wasnt black she is just bi racial like chanel and she can choose what ever she wants to describe her race when asked.

[OliCampify]

@yonnaj05 how? naomi? and plus many more who arent has big but have appeared on most catwalks for designers and everyone has different ethnic background. grace jones? i hate people putting their self worth on what the media thinks of them or not at all.

[rahmonaf]

@yonnaj05 It's because mixing between any 2 races usually results in better looking offsprings, that's a fact. It's because this way the child receives the best of both genes from the parents as opposed to random selection. Ever noticed how mixed people are usually good looking? So there, it's not because the fashion or modeling industries are prejudice it's just that naturally they're usually better looking and coincidentally that's exactly what the modeling industries are looking for.

[Shavent]

There is not funny about looking Somalian. They are stunning people and consider that a major compliment. She is edgy and love seeing model pictures