Meet CoverGirl’s First Ever Cover Boy, 17 year old James Charles is Making History!

CoverGirl recently announced that their newest CoverGirl to work with current brand ambassador Katy Perry is, in fact, a CoverBoy! His name is James Charles, a 17 year-old high school senior and makeup artist with over 430k followers on Instagram and 70,000 YouTube subscribers.

The announcement came in via Instagram on CoverGirl’s, Katy Perry’s, and James Charles’ accounts. In a video, posted on Covergirl’s account, Charles introduced himself saying;

“Hey guys, my name is James Charles and I’m a 17-year-old makeup artist! Today I am living out one of my biggest dreams and I’m currently on set for my first-ever TV commercial with CoverGirl. That’s right, I am a new CoverGirl.”

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It’s official: so excited to welcome @JCharlesBeauty to the COVERGIRL family. ❤️ Show your support for James by regramming his COVERGIRL vid using #COVERGIRLJames!

A video posted by COVERGIRL (@covergirl) on Oct 11, 2016 at 6:17am PDT

Charles will star in print, TV and digital ads solo and alongside current CoverGirl ambassador, Katy Perry. This move is ground breaking for both James and the CoverGirl brand as James is the first male spokesmodel in the brand’s almost 60-year-old history.

Source: CoverGirl