Arlenis Pena is taking the fashion industry by storm. A newcomer, Pena has already booked Vogue, Italian Vogue, Banana Republic, Christian Dior and now a lucrative Lancome contract. Did we mention she has only been working as model, for four months? The 5’11 beauty is simply wonderful.

The Dominican Republic native has made history by being the second women of color to be featured in a Lancome campaign, with supermodel Liya Kebede preceding her. While we couldn’t be happier with Lancome’s choice, we are disturbed with Lancome’s track record. Lancome has been around, since 1935. Given the longevity of the Lancome line, they have had ample time to represent all of their consumers, but chose not to. Despite their previous void of diversity, we applaud Lancome for choosing a true star in the making.