Meet Quannah Chasinghorse, who wowed at the Met Gala in custom H&M: the indigenous model and climate change activist is signed to the same agency as Gigi Hadid, and walked for Chanel and Tommy Hilfiger
- The 21-year-old is creating her own niche in the fashion world, carving out opportunities for representing her indigenous heritage; she’s also a staunch advocate for the environment and indigenous rights
- Chasinghorse made her Met Gala debut in 2021, but felt ‘really, really lonely’; this year, she owned the space in a custom H&M gown and posed for photos with fellow indigenous star Lily Gladstone
Celebrities flocked to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for the 2024 Met Gala on Monday, which raises money for the museum’s Costume Institute.
But the arrivals of frequent Met Gala attendees were also exciting, as was the case for indigenous model, actor and activist, Quannah Chasinghorse. The 2024 event marked Chasinghorse’s fourth Met Gala and, as always, she turned heads with her on-theme outfit.
Here’s what we know about Quannah Chasinghorse.
Quannah Chasinghorse is a successful model
Chasinghorse is of mixed indigenous descent – her mother is of the Hän Gwich’in tribe from Eagle Village, Alaska, while her father belongs to the Oglala and Sicangu Lakota tribe from South Dakota.
The 21-year-old grew up obsessed with fashion, but the lack of indigenous representation was always a deterrent. “It was really hard for me to feel like I had the potential to be a model,” she said in an interview with Vogue in 2021.
Chasinghorse has since walked for major fashion labels such as Chanel, Tommy Hilfiger and Prabal Gurung.