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Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman Appears on Cover of American Vogue

American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington DC. Getty Images.
American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington DC. Getty Images. (PATRICK SEMANSKY)

The 23-year-old poet and activist caught the attention of the fashion world after speaking at the US presidential inauguration in January and was subsequently signed to IMG Models.

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The cover, shot by Annie Leibovitz and styled by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, features Gorman wearing Louis Vuitton by Virgil Abloh in a look celebrating the artistic director’s African heritage, Vogue said in the caption of its Instagram post of the cover. In another cover look, Gorman is photographed wearing Dior.

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