Badass ballerina Misty Copeland just became the first-ever black female principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre

Misty Copeland is a vision of a dancer. In 2007, when the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) appointed her soloist, she became only the third-ever African-American female to hold that position.

This is Misty at work:

A photo posted by Misty Copeland (@mistyonpointe) on Mar 9, 2014 at 5:56am PDT

Here, too:

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Now, Copeland can update her LinkedIn profile. ABT announced Tuesday that she has been promoted to the role of principal ballerina.

She is the first black woman in the history of ABT to hold this role.

She also may have seen it coming. Check out this excerpt from her December 2014 memoir:

Way to go, Misty.

A photo posted by Henry Leutwyler 🇨🇭 (@henryleutwyler) on May 6, 2015 at 12:19pm PDT