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16 Of The Best Blanca And Angel Moments From "Pose"

The category is...fierce women.

Let's be real: Indya Moore and Mj Rodriguez deserve to get their flowers for their honest, beautiful, funny, and heart-wrenching portrayals of Angel and Blanca.

And since I don't know where to send Edible Arrangements, I made this list instead. In no particular order, here are some of the best Blanca and Angel moments from Pose. (*Light spoilers ahead.*)

1. Blanca deciding to form her own house:

2. Angel winning the face category, her first win after joining the House of Evangelista:

3. Blanca organizing a solo sit-in at a trans-exclusionary queer bar:

4. Blanca winning Mother of the Year:

5. Angel coming clean about the fact that she broke Blanca's house rules:

6. Blanca standing up to her transphobic landlord:

7. Angel's first official photo shoot as a professional model:

8. Blanca's beachy date with a mysterious and handsome lifeguard who saves her from drowning:

9. Angel convincing Ms. Ford, the head of her modeling agency, to take a chance on her and Papi:

10. Blanca lip-synching Whitney Houston's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Mother of the Year ball:

11. Blanca gifting Angel with the red pumps she longed for in her childhood:

12. Angel and Papi kissing for the first time:

13. Angel deciding to give Blanca a makeover:

14. Blanca convincing the dean of dance to give her new son, Damon, another chance:

15. Angel proposing to Papi:

16. And Angel seeing her face on a commercial beauty ad for the first time:

If any of these moments are new to you, no problem! You can catch up on Pose on Netflix!

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