Photo: Layna miyazaki
Photo: Rodney Pedroza
Photo: Irene Cano
“All bodies should be celebrated. Short, tall, straight, curvy, in between, all genders, all sexualities, all ages, all skin colours, all abilities, all disabilities, hair, no hair, stretch marks, cellulite, ALL of it is worthy. All of it is beautiful. All bodies deserve acceptance and representation in this world. ”
The second Real Catwalk event took place during the summer of 2018 in London.
With the first one in New York, Khrystyana had established the format and foundation of the event, but she was left knowing it had to expand and become much more inclusive to achieve what it set out to do.
Eager to make sure the next event hit its full potential, she set out to ensure it would be the more diverse event she had put together yet.
Organising via social media, the cast of models this time went well beyond cis women and represented a huge spectrum of human experiences and identities. Khrystyana knew that this was the first Real Catwalk which really defined what she wanted the events to stand for: a celebration of real beauty in all its forms.
Photo: Irene Cano
Photo: Kalam Jackson
Photo: Layna miyazaki
Photo: Rodney Pedroza
Photo: Layna miyazaki
“Everyone there had a different body and a different story. Everyone empowered one another to be confident and proud of who they were. ”