G i a Ta n g ,
Ta i w a n
For Tang, becoming a model meant
a chance to see more of the world.
She was 30 years old when she first
traveled to the United States for
work; now, at 37, she’s begun facing
a different boundary: “The industry
prefers the young,” she says. “It’s
marketing, and I get it—but I also think
that could change right now.” Once
encouraged to withhold her age from
clients (“If you don’t look like it, don’t
say it” was the guiding principle),
Tang refuses to do so any longer. “We
were taught to be a certain thing and
to do a certain thing—but we should
never be ashamed of who we really are,
especially as Asian women,” she says.
Valentino jacket. Trave jeans.
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