The model shared the news on Instagram with a video and photo from the campaign, along with a heartfelt message about the importance of Chanel hiring her. 

"I find I don't cry anymore when things are sad, but isn't it interesting when we shed tears in moments of triumph?" she wrote in the caption. "This was one of those triumphant cry moments for me. My whole life has been a fight. From being bullied at school consistently, kids threatening to kill me and going into graphic detail how they were going to do it, my own father beating me and calling me a f–got, to receiving industry blowback after speaking publicly about being sexually assaulted on the job.…This was a victory that made all of that s–t worth it."

Quinlivan walked the runways for brands like Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Gucci, to name a few, before coming out as transgender in 2017. Since then, she's continued to walk the Ffashion Week runways, and appear on magazine covers like Porter Magazine, and L'Officiel. She's also appeared in beauty campaigns for brands such as Milk Makeup, Redken, and Maison Margiela Fragrances.