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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 02: In this image released on October 2, Parris Goebel is seen onstage during Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2 presented by Amazon Prime Video at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California; and broadcast on October 2, 2020. (Photo by Jerritt Clark\/Getty Images for Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Show Presented by Amazon Prime Video)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I was sent to cover the Victoria\u2019s Secret Fashion Show in 2018, I had no idea that I was witnessing the last-ever self-proclaimed \u2018runway extravaganza\u2019 by the lingerie giant. As people had been saying for years, if Victoria\u2019s Secret didn\u2019t catch up with the times, they would become irrelevant. And despite a two-minute montage of the brand\u2019s Angels declaring how empowered they felt (Victoria\u2019s Secret\u2019s way of attempting to silence those who deemed the show gross), watching Australia\u2019s Shanina Shayk walk down the runway wrapped up like a present for the 60-something white men in the front row really didn\u2019t sit right. When you\u2019re in the room, watching suited up CEOs standing and clapping as young models – a friend of mine, New Zealand model Maia Cotton, was 19 at the time and celebrated for being one of the two \u2018curvy\u2019 models, despite wearing size eight in clothing (US size 4) – the whole thing feels pretty icky and the veil that Victoria\u2019s Secret promotes with its big-name musicians and cut-tos of models dancing and smiling melts away. Of course, this was where the brand\u2019s former Chief Marketing Officer Ed Razek proudly denounced trans models backstage, leading to his too-little-too-late departure and vastly contributing to the quiet disappearance of the Victoria\u2019s Secret Fashion Show.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Just two months prior, people who felt like they were screaming at a hot pink, angel-winged brick wall, finally saw a glimpse at what they had been asking for. But not from Victoria\u2019s Secret. Rihanna, who launched her Savage x Fenty lingerie line in May 2018, held the brand\u2019s first-ever runway show as part of New York Fashion Week, giving the world the diverse, boundary-breaking show it needed. But it was what she did in 2019 and again, bigger and better, just five days ago, that cemented Savage x Fenty as the top of the lingerie game: merging Rihanna\u2019s two passions – fashion and music – into what can only be described as an interactive art exhibition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Savage x Fenty Volume Two, which you would have seen all over your Instagram feed over the weekend, included musicians Lizzo, Normani, Rosal\u00eda and Travis Scott, actors Laura Harrier, Indya Moore and Demi Moore, and models Cara Delevingne, Bella Hadid and Irina Shayk. But something you might\u2019ve missed is that the incredible performance was choreographed for the second time by New Zealand dancer Parris Goebel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 02: In this image released on October 2, Indya Moore is seen onstage during Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2 presented by Amazon Prime Video at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California; and broadcast on October 2, 2020. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2 Presented by Amazon Prime Video)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In recent years, Goebel has done it all: she\u2019s worked with Justin Bieber, Janet Jackson, Ariana Grande, Ciara, Nicki Minaj, Sam Smith and was behind Jennifer Lopez\u2019s incredible Superbowl performance this year. She first worked with Rihanna at the 2016 MTV Music Video Awards, then again for the 2018 Grammy Awards and now all three Savage x Fenty shows. Despite shoutouts from Lizzo, Bella Hadid – who thinks it\u2019s \u201cParris\u2019 world and we\u2019re just living in it\u201d – and a literal video<\/a> of Rihanna saying to Goebel there\u2019s \u201cno one else\u201d she wants to run the show, the New Zealand media has been pretty quiet about the Polynesian woman from Auckland killing it on the global stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the weekend, Goebel shared a message on Instagram calling out New Zealand media for their lack of coverage of the event, despite Savage x Fenty Volume Two including nine dancers of M\u0101ori and Polynesian descent. \u201cSome of my girls were as young as 18. They are the voice of our youth and they are living their dreams,\u201d she wrote on Instagram stories. \u201cWe work so hard to break the cycle yet you don\u2019t want to celebrate our wins.\u201d Goebel noted that when something bad happens to herself or to others of indigenous and Polynesian descent in New Zealand, the media jumps on it, happily reinforcing stereotypes that have contributed to the country\u2019s problem with racism forever. But when something good happens, M\u0101ori and Polynesians are, for the most part, met with silence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Just as it\u2019s important to educate yourself on anti-racism and learn about the horrible treatment of indigenous people that carries on to this day – M\u0101ori women are still the most incarcerated group of indigenous women in the world and the life expectancy of indigenous New Zealanders is on average 10 years less than non-indigenous New Zealanders – it\u2019s equally important to celebrate wins, to read stories, watch films and, in this case, fashion shows, that show joy, happiness and success, and to see indigenous people as not only human, but humans who are representing their country on the world stage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9593,"featured_media":2511,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,16],"yoast_head":"\nParris Goebel Calls Out New Zealand Media For Lack Of Savage x Fenty Coverage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New Zealand dancer Parris Goebel was the woman behind the choreography for Rihanna's incredible Savage x Fenty Volume Two show. 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