On Monday, society was struck to the core when the cover of the July issue of Vanity Fair, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, is the father of six and stepfather of Kim Kardashian. The 65-year-old former Olympian immediately became a style icon, wearing a cream corset through the lens of renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz.
However, Jenner may be the most famous transgender person in the world at the moment, but she is not the only and far from the first one who made a splash in the fashion industry. We bring to your attention a dozen other transgender models who, with their appearance, have changed the concepts and boundaries of beauty.
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1. Nari Nef, 22 years old.
Recently, Nef made a splash when major modeling agency IMG announced that it had signed a contract with her. Nef graduated from Columbia University in May with a degree in drama and theater. The transgender girl has already proven herself as a talented author - she has written several articles for Vice, Dazed & Confused, Adult and others magazines. She also made her catwalk debut in February when she took part in shows of brands such as Hood By Air, VFiles, Degen and Adam. Selman.
2. Valentin de Hin, 25 years old.
Valentin has already been photographed by such famous photographers as Patrick Demarchelier for Love and Vogue Italia magazines, and she managed to walk the catwalk for Martin Margiela and Commes des Garcons. A native of Amsterdam, she became famous for becoming the heroine of a Dutch documentary in which she starred from 8 to 17 years old, when, in fact, she decided to change her sex.
3. Leah Ti, 34 years old.
This Brazilian woman, who grew up in Italy, was discovered by Riccardo Tisci, then working for Givenchy, to the fashion world. Since then, she has become one of the most visible transgender people in the fashion industry. She is now the muse of Tisci and one of the top models in Italy, and recently Forbes magazine named her one of the "12 women who changed Italian fashion." At the moment, the girl has become the face of an advertising campaign for Redken hair care products.
4. Andrea Pejic, 23 years old.
The 17-year-old Australian beauty, who once worked at McDonalds, instantly became a sensation when the world media awarded her the title of androgynous model. Since then, she has participated in world-class fashion shows from Marc Jacobs to Jean-Paul Gaultier, appeared on the covers of such famous magazines as New York, Dazed & Confused and Oyster, and also became one of the first open transgender models to work. for Vogue. Now she is officially recognized as a woman - last year she had her last sex change operation. Andrea is currently filming a documentary about her reincarnation.
5. Ines-Loan Rau, 25 years old.
Pejic's best friend, Rau, has already posed for giants such as Oyster and Playboy, and also took part in a sexy photo shoot with Tyson Beckford. Now a New Yorker is writing a book about her transformation in between photo shoots.
6. Ariske Wanzer.
She became famous for her open letter addressed to the star of the show "The Kardashian Family" Kendall Jenner, in which she spoke negatively about her. “I think fashion is very unreliable,” says Arisuke. - People don't care. If something is not fashionable now, then people are not interested in it. And they often say something like, “We already have a transgender person. We already have a black girl. " The model is the face of Kenneth Cole and managed to take part in fashion shows of the world famous Topshop brand.
7. Gina Rosero, 32 years old.
This Filipina has worked as a swimsuit model for 12 years. It was only in 2014 that it became known that she was transgender. She founded Gender Proud, an organization that advocates for the rights of all transgender people in the world.
8. Idian Dowling, 27 years old.
The only man (I mean, a former woman, and now a man) on our list. Dowling became known as the first transgender person to be voted on by Men’s Health readers to be the next cover star. He later copied Adam Levine's famous nude pose for Cosmo UK. The married 27-year-old Dowling also appeared on the cover of Ellen magazine and was interviewed about his gender reassignment.
9. Carmen Carrera, 30 years old.
Carrera first appeared in the Drag Race drag queen competition, and got into the world of fashion thanks to the W magazine. Appearing on TLC and ABC TV channels, Carrera became a transgender activist. She was photographed by such famous photographers as David LaChapelle.
10. Isis King.
Another veteran of the reality show. This girl was noticed by Tyra Banks when she posed in the background for another member, and invited her to participate in the show "America's Next Top Model." The next season, the girl confessed that she is transgender. Since then, she has appeared in magazines such as Seventeen, Out and Candy.
Lana Wachowski has achieved a lot by her 47 years. Among her achievements are not only the legendary "Matrix", but also a sex change operation. She is one of the most famous transsexual stars, whose courage is admired and outraged for insanity. Woman’s Day remembered the most prominent representatives of the show business world who went for sex reassignment surgery. Among them are famous actors, models and politicians.
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Lana Wachowski is the older brother in the tandem of legendary Wachowski directors. The Wachowski brothers gained popularity after the creation of the cult films "Communication" and the trilogy "The Matrix". For a long time, the world knew Lana Wachowski as Larry, but in 2003 he began to appear in public in the form of a woman. Journalist David Poland wrote in his column that Larry has started taking female hormones and is preparing for gender reassignment surgery. In 2006, a number of newspapers wrote about the sex change of Larry Wachowski. For a long time there was no official confirmation of this information from the Wachowskis themselves. Only in September 2012, Lana Wachowski spoke about the difficulty of transgender transition, at the same time the Campaign for Human Rights presented her with the Visibility Award.
Now it's hard to recognize a middle-aged woman with pink dreadlocks on her head as Larry Wachowski, screenwriter, director and producer of the legendary "Matrix". Given Lana's desperate act, it's safe to say that if she were in the place of a sci-fi action hero, she would definitely have chosen the red capsule.
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It is difficult to recognize the only daughter of the singer Cher Chastity Bono in a large business man. Until the age of 40, Chaz Bono was a woman, but in 2010 he underwent sex reassignment surgery and gave himself a man's name. Until the moment when Chaz Bono made the transgender transition, little was known about him. But after the operation, the newspapers were full of headlines "Cher's daughter changed sex," then Chaz Bono became a celebrity. He is now a fairly popular LGBT human rights activist, writer, actor and musician.
In her autobiography, Chastity Bono wrote that from childhood she felt different from others. “When I was 13, I realized how different I was from the rest of the girls in our class. I looked at them, and I was embarrassed that I was not interested in cute boys and fashion, ”writes the transsexual. At the age of 18, she confessed to her non-traditional sexual orientation, but was never able to get along in the body of a woman. By the way, Cher took her decision extremely negatively; now the mother and son do not communicate.
Dana International is a famous Israeli singer who, unlike many other transsexuals, became known for her talent, and not for gender reassignment surgery. Dana International's real name is Yaron Cohen. The boy was born into a poor family in Tel Aviv. He began to study music as a child and himself pushed his way to fame. After the release of the hit "Dana International", which made it to the American charts, Yaron gained popularity and managed to earn money for his main dream - gender reassignment surgery.
After the rehabilitation period, the first album "Dana International" is released, which becomes gold, and the singer herself begins performing under the pseudonym Dana International. According to Dana, people should react to her sex reassignment surgery as a minor detail, such as a change in hair color or nose shape. “First of all, I'm a singer, only then other things come - character, beauty and the past,” says Dana. At the same time, the girl took part in various homosexual actions and gay parades more than once.
The Russian audience learned about Dana International after her performance at Eurovision in 1998, where the singer took first place, having managed to become one of the high-profile scandals of the song contest.
Alexis Arquette comes from the famous Arquette acting family. Robert, this is the real name of the actress, became known for episodes in many Hollywood films. Already a woman, Alexis starred in supporting roles in Pulp Fiction, as well as in such mainstream films as Three, Bride of Chucky. Unforgettable was her appearance as a fan of Boy George in the movie "The Singer at the Wedding."
The first serious role that the young actor got was the transvestite Georgette in the film "The Last Turn to Brooklyn". In general, the role turned out to be prophetic, since soon Robert underwent gender reassignment surgery and turned into Alexis Arquette - an actress, producer, singer and performance artist. In 2007, she appeared in Robbie Williams' music video “She's Madonna.” Alexis Arquette is currently pursuing an animator, creating underground cartoons.
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Leah T is the most famous transsexual in the world of high fashion. After she was noticed by representatives of the Givenchy fashion house, her face did not leave glossy magazines. Leonardo, who was born into an intelligent Catholic family, wanted to live his life in high heels and decided to devote himself to fashion. After meeting the designer Ricardo Tisci, Lea T became a sensation for the 2010 season, by the way, then she had not yet gone through all the stages of transgender development. Lea T did the last sex change operation only in 2011.
Georgina Bayer is the first politician in the world to openly declare her sexuality. She was a New Zealand Labor MP. But long before his political career began, George Bertrand's reputation, as his birth name sounds, was tarnished by striptease dancing and sex work in Australia. George was prompted to change sex by a tragedy: the young man was raped by four men, after which he reconsidered his views on life, in 1984 he underwent sex reassignment surgery and for some time behaved quite dissolutely.
The former prostitute began her political career in the town of Carterton, near Wellington. Subsequently, Georgina Bayer became the head of this city. This made her the world's first transgender mayor. As a member of parliament, Georgina Bayer actively fought for human rights, especially for sexual minorities, including for the permission of same-sex marriage in New Zealand, the elimination of discrimination based on gender or ethnicity.
Looking at the covers of magazines, many do not even suspect that a few years ago the beautiful models in the photo could well be men. Just look at the list below of the 10 most successful transsexual models below to be sure that such people do exist.
Andrey Pezhich.
Andrei Pejic is a Serbian-Australian model. Known in wider circles for his ability to perform in both women's and men's shows. Andrey is ranked 18th in the top50 best male models and 98th in the top100 sexiest women in the world according to models.com.
Lea T.
Brazilian model Lea T. is one of the most famous transgender models today.
Claudia charriez.
It's hard to believe that Claudia was born a man. Her past has not been a hindrance to her hugely successful career. Claudia won America's Next Top Transsexual Model in 2009.
Isis King (Isis king).
American model Isis King became the first transsexual model to appear in America's Next Top Model.
Florencia de la V.
Known in the past as Roberto Carlos Trinidad, this Argentinean model has become incredibly successful in her business. Among other things, she is also considered the first transsexual actress in the world.
Sirapassorn Attayakorn.
The Thai transsexual model won the Miss International Queen title in a 2011 beauty pageant.
Chamila Asanka.
Chamila is also a newly minted model from Sri Lanka.
Carolina "Tula" Cossi.
Caroline is an English model, also one of the most famous transvestite models in the world. She managed to star in one of the James Bond films and for Playboy magazine. Also on account of her autobiography "I Am A Woman", where the model talks about her experience of being a transsexual and actress.
Roberta Klose.
Brazilian model who managed to appear for the Brazilian publishing house of Playboy magazine. After that, she was named the most beautiful woman in Brazil.
Malika.
Indian Malika, who underwent 4 surgeries, became the first Indian woman to be selected for a transgender beauty pageant in Thailand in 2011.
Not so long ago, about a "creature" called« transgender"Absolutely nothing was known. We've heard about transvestites who are supposedly from Thailand. Nobody even suspected that there are people who feel out of their bodies, but are in no hurry to do it, do not become transvestites and do not shout to the whole world that they are not like everyone else. In the 21st century, the situation has changed radically - transgender people have ceased to be ashamed of their position and openly talk about their identity, which has caused confusion in the minds of others. Today we decided to tell you about the most famous transgender people, and at the same time explain who is who.
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Transgender and transgender people - these are two different definitions denoting the same mental state of a person. Such people suffer from a mental disorder of their gender identity. It seems to them that they were not born in their own body and are trying with all their might to change their gender identity, more often resorting to surgery. Transvestites they characterize the behavioral features that result in wearing clothes characteristic of the opposite sex, behavior and manners.
CUM WURST (transvestite)
This bearded woman became, causing widespread dissonance in the public. Some admired the bold way, others refused to understand such jokes of the organizers of the show jumping and even created the group “No Finish Wurst at Eurovision!”. - the alter ego of Tom Neuwirth, who in such a strange way wanted to draw public attention to the problem of otherness, xenophobia, discrimination and tolerance. Thomas himself says that he and Conchita are two completely different people, living their own lives. When he appears in the guise of Conchita - he works for the public, and when he lives in the guise of Thomas - he is an incredibly lazy young man. With Conchita's help, a guy can separate his personal and creative life without fear of being recognized on the street as a man.
KATELIN JENNER (transgender)
ANDREA PEGIC (transgender)
YAN HARVI (transsexual)
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This popular comedian was born in a female body and named Janet. As a child, Jan realized that there was a man inside him and did not interfere with his inner “I”. But Jan decided to change sex only at 32, before that only dressing up in women's dresses. After radical changes, the guy did not hesitate to tell the whole world about his act and repeatedly joked at himself in his own speeches. Yang is a member of LGBT communities and tries to instill in people a tolerance for transgender people.
ALEXIS ARKETT (transsexual)
This transgender belongs to the famous Arquette acting dynasty. The real name of the actress, Robert, but he gained popularity in a woman's guise. The roles of Alexis are often secondary, but very bright and memorable, critics generally admire the acting talent of this interesting and unpredictable actress. At 38 years old, Robert changed sex and became known as Alexis. In his cinema you can see such famous films as "Pulp Fiction", "Bride of Chucky", "Three", "The Singer at the Wedding", "Children of the Corn 5: Fields of Fear", "It's All She", "Aerobatics", "Ride", "Kings of Dogtown", "Mixed" and others. Currently, Alexis realizes himself as an animator, creating non-standard cartoons.
Laverne Cox (transgender)
The Orange Is New Black star was born in a male body and was named Roderick. But since childhood, Roderick felt like a girl, so he came to school in dresses and makeup, annoying teachers and provoking classmates. Tired of feeling like a "black sheep" and "punching bag" eleven-year-old Roderick tried to commit suicide, but this suicide attempt was unsuccessful. With grief in half, the poor guy graduated from high school, left his native Alabama and settled in New York. Years later, Roderick decided to undergo gender reassignment surgery, became a woman, but did not disclose the details of the cardinal transformation in an interview. Interestingly, Laverna became the first transsexual actress whose work was highly praised by critics and was nominated for an Emmy. Currently, the girl is not ashamed of her body, willingly poses naked for popular magazines, flaunts on the red carpet in chic outfits from famous couturiers and carries the principles of tolerance to the masses.
Changing gender is not about changing into a different style of clothing. This is a very serious question, the psychological aspect of which we will not approach today. We just suggest you watch the TOP 10 transsexual men who have changed their sex and have become happy, famous and rich.
1. Balian Bushbaum.
Balian Bushbaum was born in 1980 as Yvonne Bushbaum. As a woman, he competed in pole vaulting and finished second in Germany. Despite this, in 2007 he refused to pursue his career due to injury. At the same time, he decided to change the gender. In 2008, Yvonne officially became Balian.
2. Buck Angel.
Transsexual director Buck Angel is a significant figure in the gay community. In 2007, he won the Adult Video News Award for Transsexual Television Presenter of the Year. In addition to his performing activities, he is also a lawyer, educator and writer.
3. Lauren Cameron.
Lauren is an American activist photographer, author and transgender. His work includes the creation of portraits and self-portraits of lesbian and transgender bodies. Lauren also documented the transition of his body from female to male.
4. Ian Harvey.
American Ian Harvey is a comedian, and often uses this for his performances. Many celebrities of the gay world, led by Margaret Cho, took part in his show.
5. Lucas Silveira.
Born in Canada in 1979 under the name Lilia Silveira. Lucas Silveira went down in history as the first transsexual to openly declare this. Lucas is a vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for one of the rock bands.
6. Katastrophe.
Rocco Kayatos, also known as Katastrophe, is an American hip-hop rapper and producer. He also became the first transsexual performer in the hip-hop genre.
7. Thomas Beaty.
Thomas Beaty became famous all over the world for his "pregnancy". In the role of a woman, Biti lived for almost 25 years, only after that he began to take male hormones. He did not want to agree to surgical intervention, because he himself wanted to become a mother, like his wife. At the moment, bitya has 3 children.
8. Ryan Sallance.
Ryne was born Kimberly Ann Salans. He currently works for the Transgender Organization of America as a lawyer. The path of transformation from a woman to a man, he went in 2005 and since then has managed to star in the program "Larry King Live!", As well as in numerous magazines as a model.
9. Andreas Krieger.
Andreas Krieger, while still a woman, competed in track and field athletics for the East German team as a shot thrower. From an early age he was fed anabolic steroids without his knowledge, which led to the fact that his appearance became more and more "masculine". In 1990, Krieger retired from the sport and in 1997 participated in gender reassignment surgery.
10. Chaz Bono.
Chaz Bono, known as Chastity Bono as a child, is the daughter of famous American performers Sonny and Cher. At the age of 25, Chastity publicly confessed her lesbian inclinations, and after a couple of years she performed a number of operations and now enjoys simple family happiness.