Sephora Commercial Carla Cassandra's Beautiful Story of Identity and Friendship 2025

VIDEO Sephora Carla Cassandra's Beautiful Story of Identity and Friendship TV commercial 2020 • “I think my family was just waiting for me to say something like, ‘Oh, I’m gay.’ That wasn’t how I felt I was. And I remember telling my girlfriends, they were the first ones that I went to, and I said to them, ‘I don’t feel like a boy. I don’t feel like this is the life for me.’” The right friendships can change your story, and we are so glad these women were there to lift you up and help you become the incredible person (and supermodel) you are today. Thank you for telling us your story, Carla. We love having you on our team ✨ 00:00 growing up in a boy's body I never felt 00:02 like I belonged 00:03 I remember the countless nights crying 00:08 because I wasn't who I wanted to be my 00:12 name is Carla Cassandra I'm a content 00:15 creator at Sephora you may have seen me 00:17 on our Instagram stories or even some of 00:19 our IG TVs growing up was difficult it 00:27 was hard to vocalize that to my family 00:30 by the time I was 18 I was over it I 00:34 didn't feel happy with who I was I 00:37 didn't feel like I was being authentic 00:39 to myself I was as authentic as I could 00:41 be and under the circumstances that I 00:43 had and I think my family was just 00:46 waiting for me to say something like oh 00:47 I'm gay that wasn't how I felt I was and 00:52 I remember telling my girlfriends they 00:57 were the first ones that I went to and I 00:59 said to them I don't feel like a boy I 01:01 don't feel like I this is the life for 01:04 me 01:05 I met Carla when we were a freshman in 01:08 high school who were Carla's best 01:10 friends my first interaction I was like 01:12 who is that kid I introduced myself I 01:15 was like I am Samantha I just moved here 01:18 and Carla which you know Mikey at that 01:22 time like I Mikey with two E's and I was 01:23 like you know what it was friendship at 01:25 first sight Carla is definitely the real 01:28 definition of through thick and thin 01:30 untraditional love for unconditional 01:32 love she's been there for both of us for 01:35 our whole group she's been the strong 01:39 one mm-hmm 01:40 she is literally like our foundation 01:44 when it comes through thick and thin the 01:49 beauty of having sorry the beauty of 01:53 having supportive girlfriends strong 01:56 women is that they don't judge you they 02:00 don't make you feel any different than 02:01 the person you are and they said to me 02:03 like how can we help and we I tried on 02:08 their dresses we curled my hair with 02:10 their curling irons and I looked 02:13 terrible but we were like you are 02:14 killing it after that night I remember 02:17 telling them there is no going back 02:20 they have taught me so much more about 02:24 being a woman than I could have ever 02:26 thought and not just about how you 02:29 present yourself not about what your 02:31 hair looks like or how you do your 02:32 makeup it's how you are in the inside 02:34 how your spirit fights literally she's 02:38 the embodiment of a woman and she's so 02:40 brave she's very brave and if I could be 02:45 in that way man mm-hmm yes 02:49 [Music] 02:50 [Applause] 02:51 [Music] 02:58 you- advertisement spot 2020