Madonna and Lourdes Leon.Photo: Madonna/Instagram
Lourdes Leonis proud of the name she’s making for herself.
While gracing the cover ofVogue’s coveted September 2021 issue, out Thursday, the 24-year-old model and dancer opened up about being the daughter ofMadonna, and the public’s false assumptions because of her famous mom.
“People think I’m this talentless rich kid who’s had everything given to her, but I’m not,” Leon told the magazine, explaining that she paid her own college tuition and lives in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick, away from the glitz of Hollywood.
And while Leon, who is Madonna’s firstborn with ex Carlos Leon, said she is making a life of her own, she explained toVoguethat she and her famous mother share a love of something in common — dancing.
“A teacher of mine made me understand movement in a whole new way,” she toldthe outlet of her passion. “You’re using your body to define the space around you — to change it. That’s a very naked form of expression.”
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For the cover feature titled “Generation America: The Models Changing an Industry,” Leon was photographed alongsideBella Hadid,Kaia Gerber, Precious Lee, Anok Yai, Ariel Nicholson, Sherry Shi and Yumi Nu.
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On Instagram Thursday, Leon celebrated the issue, sharing animage of the coverand teasing how all of the models appeared to be captured mid-laugh. “Somethin must have been realll funny 😁,” she wrote.
While chatting withVogue, Leon also explained the emotions she experiences when she is attacked for not shaving her armpits.
“Yeah, come at me, bro,” she told the magazine.
source: people.com
