In 2019, the Brazilian model became Victoria's Secret's first openly transgender model. A year later, she made history yet again when she became the first trans model to appear in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. "The team at SI has created yet another groundbreaking issue by bringing together a diverse set of multitalented, beautiful women in a creative and dignified way," she told Vogue that summer. "I am excited and honored to be part [of this]."
As a poet and activist focused on the issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora, Gorman published her first book at just 17. While studying at Harvard in April 2017, she became the first person ever named National Youth Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. In January 2021, she gained acclaim with her rousing recital of her poem "The Hill We Climb" during President Joe Biden's inauguration. With the country in awe of her, she was commissioned to recite an original poem during Super Bowl LV the following month. "Poetry at the Super Bowl is a feat for art and our country, because it means we're thinking imaginatively about human connection even when we feel siloed," she tweeted about the momentous occasion.
The Swedish environmental activist has received international attention for her forthright criticism of world leaders and their failure to tackle the climate crisis with the urgency required. Thunberg has spoken before the United Nations multiple times, most notably at the 2019 Climate Action Summit where she told the crowd of dignitaries they "have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words." Not all world leaders have responded to her so favorably, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Thunberg and her fellow activists have pushed Germany to act faster.
The daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, Harris became the first woman—Black, South Asian American or otherwise—to hold the office of California Attorney General in the state's history when she was elected to the position in 2010. A decade later, she was elected to the office of vice president of the United States, becoming the highest-ranking female official in the country's history.