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How Amazon workers made glamour a form of protest

Glamour isn’t just for the rich and famous. As the ‘Ball Without Billionaires’ showed, the blue collar can bedazzle.

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How Amazon workers made glamour a form of protest

A fierce look has little to do with luxury designers and their exorbitant price tags. Yulia-Images/Moment via Getty ImagesStrutting down the catwalk in a Cindy Castro frock, 37-year-old Amazon worker Samari Jomar Mercado looked like an ethereal punk-rock fairy: sleeve tattoos, lace bag on her wrist and a white ribbon billowing from her nape like a flag. After a dramatic pivot and pit pose, she paused to salute her rapturous crowd. “For years she…

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The Conversation broke the news on Monday, June 8, 2026.
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