{"id":421903,"date":"2025-09-13T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/421903\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:00:12","slug":"elon-musks-estranged-daughter-vivian-makes-nyfw-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/421903\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s estranged daughter, Vivian, makes NYFW debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk\u2019s estranged daughter, Vivian Wilson, strut her stuff on the runway for her first-ever New York Fashion Week show Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The transgender model made her debut in Alexis Bittar\u2019s \u201cMISS USA 1991\u201d presentation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI purposely cast, each contestant to represent a U.S. state where trans rights are under assault,\u201d the designer said in a statement obtained by Page Six.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson \u2014 who is trans \u2014 represented the state of South Carolina for the runway show.<\/p>\n<p>She sashayed down the catwalk in a shimmering, short-sleeved red gown from the brand\u2019s Spring\/Summer 2026 collection. Her look was accessorized with a pair of gold earrings and a small clutch.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s estranged daughter, Vivian Wilson, made her New York Fashion Week debut at Alexis Bittar\u2019s \u201cMiss USA 1991\u201d fashion show. Marco Ovando<\/p>\n<p>The trans model walked the runway in a red gown as pageant queen Miss South Carolina.  Marco Ovando<\/p>\n<p>Bittar added in her statement that she \u201cplayed with juxtapositions\u201d for her designs, noting \u201cfluidity against structure, texture against control, boldness against fragility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hand sculpted Lucite palette is muted sherbet shades of mauve and teal, so specific to the early \u201990s, set against graphic, gold-textured shapes that fracture the softness,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>While this was Wilson\u2019s first time walking for NYFW, she has modeled down a runway before.<\/p>\n<p>The women cast in the show each represented a state \u201cwhere trans rights are currently under assault,\u201d per Bittar.  Marco Ovando<\/p>\n<p>Wilson previously walked the runway at a \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race All Stars\u201d Season 10 premiere event in May.  Page Six<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>In May, Page Six exclusively <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/09\/celebrity-news\/elon-musks-estranged-daughter-vivian-works-the-runway-at-drag-race-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">covered her catwalk appearance<\/a> at the Season 10 premiere of \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race All Stars\u201d in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Footage from the event showed Wilson giving a spirited voguing performance while flipping her hair and even flaunting her dancing skills.  <\/p>\n<p>That sighting came after Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@vivllainous\/video\/7485007836615904542?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publicly clapped back<\/a> at her billionaire father for deadnaming her via social media. (A deadname is the birth name of a trans person who has changed their name as part of their gender transition).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Wilson has long been estranged from her father. Instagram\/vivllainous<\/p>\n<p>Musk has voiced his opposition to his daughter\u2019s transition and has claimed he was \u201ctricked\u201d into signing off on her gender-affirming care as a minor. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old influencer, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/03\/parents\/elon-musks-estranged-daughter-vivian-forced-to-wear-disguises-in-public-amid-feud-with-dad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long been estranged from her father<\/a>, shared in March that she <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/23\/celebrity-news\/elon-musks-estranged-daughter-vivian-reveals-how-he-reacted-to-her-coming-out-as-trans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">came out as trans in 2020 <\/a>because she worried she could go \u201cdown a destructive path\u201d if she didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was 11 p.m., and I was like, \u2018I know for a fact I am trans.\u2019 I had known for a few months at that point, and I was like, \u2018I cannot f\u2014king do this anymore,\u2019\u201d Wilson \u2014 whom Musk shares with ex-wife Justine Musk \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Teen Vogue<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Elon, 54, has <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/07\/23\/parents\/elon-musk-says-trans-daughter-vivian-was-killed-by-the-woke-mind-virus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vocally opposed his daughter\u2019s transition<\/a>, but still gave the green light for her to receive gender-affirming care as a minor \u2014 a move he says he was \u201ctricked\u201d into doing.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s estranged daughter, Vivian Wilson, strut her stuff on the runway for her first-ever New York Fashion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,4082,295,77,2584,142893,14721,131696,3432,16,15,136849,84425],"class_list":{"0":"post-421903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity-news","10":"tag-elon-musk","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-fashion","13":"tag-fashion-week","14":"tag-lgbtqia","15":"tag-new-york-fashion-week","16":"tag-style","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-vivian-wilson","20":"tag-womens-fashion"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115198769724846249","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}