Devyn Garcia

Garcia was born in Miami Beach, Florida, to a Cuban-American father of Spanish descent via the Canary Islands, and mother, Jennie Pickens, whose ancestry is multiracial (black, white, and Native American).^[2] She has an older and a younger sister.^[3]

Garcia, who was not interested in going to college, decided in her senior year of high school to become a model and signed with an agency in New York; she began her career modeling consistently for Victoria's Secret as a plus-size model.^[2][4] She also modeled in campaigns for Nordstrom and H&M,^[5] and on the runway for Brandon Maxwell, Altuzarra, Chloé, and Jacquemus.^[6] She appeared on covers for Vogue España,^[7] T: The New York Times Style Magazine,^[8] i-D, Porter, Harper's Bazaar among others.^[9][10] Garcia has appeared in editorials for the Financial Times,^[11] Vogue,^[3] Vogue Mexico, and W.