Megan Rapinoe, the most controversial angel of Victoria's Secret: from his criticism to the company to his racist mess

Megan Rapinoe is one of the great referents of women's football at an international level.Winner of The Best of FIFA and the Golden Ball in 2019, the world champion not only stands out for her facet as a footballer, but also as an activist.

Ol Reign player is known to say what he thinks and that includes specially delicate issues in society.To fight machismo and for salary equality between men and women to do so in LGTBI matters, racism...And many other causes that led him to challenge Donald Trump himself and to be an 'ally' of the now president of the United States, Jon Biden.

The one that is a respected figurative both inside and outside the players, is also an athlete who usually focuses many criticisms of those who do not think like her and these are those who have now seen the perfect opportunity to load with everything against Rapinoe.

'Pinoe' is now in the eye of the hurricane.Why?Because it has been known that the media footballer has been chosen as one of the new angels of the prestigious brand of underwear Victoria's Secret.The multinational has given a flying in its traditional line and wanted to open the mind to carry out a special inclusive campaign.

"I am excited and ready to associate with Victoria's Secret as part of #THevscollective: women I admire and who are icons of our time.I hope to work with them to show all women their beauty and individual and collective power.#Vsambassador, "the player wrote after the news.

Back to the past

Many can be wondering what is the problem that Megan Rapinoe has been chosen as Victoria's Secret ambassador.Well, the mess arrives after he has thrown out of newspaper library and statements have been rescued in which the player was very critical of this company.

"He is a patriarchal, sexist, who not only saw what he meant to be sexy but what the clothes tried to achieve through a male lens and through what men wanted," he said in an interview for The New York Times.But the earthquake that has been mounted does not end there.And it seems that some were 'waiting' to the American international.

After knowing their alliance with Victoria's Secret, some users of social networks have brought to light a message published 'Pinoe' on their Twitter account back in 2011.In this tweet, the footballer mentioned her selection partner Natasha Kai, of Asian origin."You look Asian with those closed eyes," Rapinoe wrote.

This has motivated some to call the player racist and have mentioned the Victoria's Secret account to denounce that if for this inclusive campaign it is appropriate to opt for someone who has made a comment like that -we remember qualified by users as racist -.

A success?

Controversial to one side, Megan Rapinoe's choice has brought more applause than criticism.A choice studied to the millimeter, like that of the other new angels: Priyanka Chopra, Akech, Girl Gaze, Amanda de Cadenet, Valentina Sampaio, Eileen Gu and Paloma Elesser.

Victoria's Secret had taken a course that was sinking to the company, precisely to continue on the road that made it a reference in female underwear fashion.Of criticism for the totally unreal aesthetic canons, in addition to dangerous, of their models to the fall in audience of their parades: of the 10 million viewers in 2010 at 3 of 2018.

In fact, in 2019 the famous and televised parade was definitively canceled.Martin Waters, executive director of the brand, made self -criticism by pointing out that they were "too slow to respond" to the changes of society.Now they want to be a reference again and for that they have realized something: "We needed to stop being what men want and be what women want".

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