Victoria’s Secret Model Tweets About All the Super Caucasian Makeup at NYFW

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British model Leomie Anderson is a Victoria's Secret Angel, and she's walked in shows like Rebecca Minkoff, Jeremy Scott, Reem Acra, Sophie Theallet, and Maiyet this week in New York.

Yet, she's still running into makeup artists who aren't prepared with foundation shades for anyone besides white models. Anderson tweeted pictures today and spoke out about what she has to deal with in hair and makeup as a model of color.

Here are a few of her tweets about what happened to her at a NYFW show, which she says is an everyday occurrence.

@DPatronne here are her foundations yet she confidentially put her hand up to take me in her chair pic.twitter.com/S8ivmvusSN

— Leomie Anderson (@LeLeValentine) February 17, 2016

of course I get given to the makeup artist who had ONE brown foundation she was trying to mix with white on a sly because she's not equipped

— Leomie Anderson (@LeLeValentine) February 17, 2016

Had to ask her straight "do you have foundation for my skin tone orrrr?" My girl started sweating and said "I like to mix brands"

— Leomie Anderson (@LeLeValentine) February 17, 2016

Why is there more white makeup artists backstage than black when when black ones can do ALL races makeup?

— Leomie Anderson (@LeLeValentine) February 17, 2016

Why can a white model confidentially sit in anyone's chair and feel confident they'll look okay but black models have to worry?

— Leomie Anderson (@LeLeValentine) February 17, 2016

Necessary as I do my own makeup lowkey at about half my shows https://t.co/j436lSjaMT

— Leomie Anderson (@LeLeValentine) February 17, 2016

This is probs the first season that a white hairdresser hasn't said to me "oh I've done Naomi Campbell's weave, I know what I'm doing".

— Leomie Anderson (@LeLeValentine) February 17, 2016

And that's only because I have weave. They were saying that to me when I had my own hair out like weave and real hair are the same thing.

— Leomie Anderson (@LeLeValentine) February 17, 2016

It gets worse :/??? pic.twitter.com/RQPeSawg1i

— Leomie Anderson (@LeLeValentine) February 17, 2016

Anderson opened up about racial discrimination in the industry last year in a BBC interview, saying that fashion "has a long way to go especially when it comes to the shade of models."

She's definitely not the only model speaking out. Last year, Louis Vuitton model Nykhor Paul took to Instagram with an open letter detailing the racism she's encountered in the fashion world, including makeup artists who expect her to bring in her own makeup.