Salvador Bahia Airport hosts 152 candidates in audition for Brazil’s largest Black fashion runway

• Salvador Bahia Airport is an official supporter of Afro Fashion Day 2025.
• For the first time, the airport hosted an audition for the project, reinforcing its commitment to promoting diversity.
• The audition took place on Tuesday (9), from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Check-in B.

Salvador Bahia Airport, part of the VINCI Airports network and an official supporter of Afro Fashion Day, hosted for the first time an audition for the event, reaffirming its purpose of “Connecting to Transform” through culture, diversity, and local appreciation. The action took place on Tuesday, September 9, at Check-in B, and welcomed 152 candidates seeking a place in the model casting.

Recognized as the largest Black fashion runway in Brazil, Afro Fashion Day brings together models, agencies, and the fashion scene, showcasing talents that reflect the plurality and representativeness of the Black population. The official runway show of the 11th edition is scheduled for November 1, during Brazil’s Black Awareness Month, under the theme “Beauty”, divided into three segments: Root, Expression, and Mirror. The project is organized by the Correio newspaper.

“Salvador Bahia Airport is more than a gateway for tourists: it is also a space for encounters and for valuing diversity. Hosting the first Afro Fashion Day audition reinforces our role as an environment open to culture and plurality, supporting initiatives that celebrate representation and inclusion,” said Daniela Franco, Communication Manager at VINCI Airports in Brazil.

The models selected in this first audition will move forward to the next stage of Afro Fashion Day, a production that has become one of Bahia’s most prominent events celebrating Black aesthetics and culture. As part of Salvador’s official “Novembro Negro” (Black November) calendar, the event honors ancestry, the present, and the possibilities of Afro-diasporic futures.

About Salvador Bahia Airport

Located in Salvador, the capital of the state of Bahia, Salvador Bahia Airport was the first Brazilian airport operated under a VINCI Airports concession, which began on January 2, 2018. Since then, the airport has adopted global operational standards to deliver more efficiency, safety, and a better passenger experience. With an investment of R$ 700 million in modernization and expansion works, the terminal increased its capacity by 50% and can now serve up to 15 million passengers per year.

The airport has also been recognized with the Ethnic-Racial Diversity Seal by the Municipal Secretariat for Reparations of Salvador, in recognition of its initiatives against institutional racism. It also stands out as the “Most Sustainable Airport in Brazil,” leading environmental preservation efforts.

About VINCI Airports

VINCI Airports, the world’s leading private airport operator, manages more than 70 airports in 14 countries. Leveraging its global expertise, VINCI Airports develops, finances, builds, and operates airports, combining investment capacity with know-how in operational performance optimization, infrastructure modernization, operations management, and environmental transition.

In 2016, VINCI Airports became the first airport operator to adopt an international environmental strategy, with the goal of achieving net zero emissions across its network by 2050.