Fresh generation: Carol Monteiro, Luíza Perote and Sheila Bawar are on the cover of Vogue's November issue.
Leading figures in the new generation of models, they tell Vogue how it all began, take stock of the current state of fashion, and share their expectations for the future.
PutThiago Baltazar
04/11/2025
Luíza Perote 's first call to the world of fashion happened during a stroll through a shopping mall in Porto Velho, Rondônia. Invited to a modeling contest, she not only won first place but also signed her first contract with an agency. But the distance between Humaitá (AM), her hometown, and São Paulo was still a challenge. "That's when I had the idea to record videos of myself walking the runway," she recalls
The videos went viral on TikTok and paved the way for Luíza to move to São Paulo at age 17 – but not before promising her father that she would return to study if her career didn't take off within a year. "But I always believed I would go very far," she emphasizes. And she did: the top model opened the Fendi show in Milan, walked the runway for Chanel's haute couture show in Paris , and walked for Marc Jacobs in New York.