No apology or statement was released from the brand. In 2017, Victoria's Secret faced further criticism for continuing, in the 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, their long standing practice of offensive cultural appropriation in designs for their annual fashion shows. The criticism was directed at fashions in the Nomadic Adventures segment that appropriated Native American and Indigenous African cultures. "Nylon" suggested that the company had learned nothing from the repeated incidents and stated "we're tired of apologies after bad behavior. It's just not good enough." In a November 2018 interview with "Vogue", Victoria's Secret president Edward Razek stated (when discussing diversity the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show): “Shouldn’t you have transsexuals in the show? No, I don’t think we should. Well, why not? Because the show is a fantasy. It’s a 42-minute entertainment special. That’s what it is.” These comments received immediate backlash from many in the modeling community, including transgender model Carmen Carrera, current and former Victoria's Secret Angels Lily Aldridge and Karlie Kloss, and model Kendall Jenner. Razek later issued an apology, stating "My remark regarding the inclusion of transgender models in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show came across as insensitive. I apologize. To be clear, we would absolutely cast a transgender model for the show." In August 2019, the brand cast its first openly transgender Brazilian model Valentina Sampaio, who was hired to work for PINK. That same month, Ed Razek stepped down.