Andreja Pejic Becomes First Transgender Model To Be Profiled In Vogue However, andreja pejic, 25, is not just another model – she was till 2014 referred to as an 'androgynous model' and is now a transwoman. she is also the first openly transgender model profiled by vogue in its may 2015 issue. pejic has broken down many barriers since she was discovered at the age of 16 working in a mcdonald's. Andreja pejic talks for the first time about becoming a transgender supermodel. model andreja pejic broke new ground after starting as a male and became the most successful androgynous runway.
Vogue Profiles First Ever Transgender Model Andreja Pejic As a boundary breaking gender nonconforming model, andreja pejić forged a successful career in both menswear and womenswear. she's walked the runway for galliano, marc jacobs, raf simons, and paul smith, and became a muse for jean paul gaultier. in 2015, she was the first openly trans model to be profiled by american vogue (in an…. Andreja pejić ( ə n ˈ d r eɪ. ə ˈ p ɛ dʒ ɪ k ən dray ə pej ik, serbo croatian: [ǎndreja pêːjitɕ]; [4] born andrej pejić; 28 august 1991) is an australian [5] model and actress. [6] since coming out as a trans woman in 2013, she has become one of the most recognisable transgender models in the world. Just last year, pejic became the first openly transgender model to be profiled by vogue in its may 2015 issue. in many ways, it was pejic’s male modelling which initially catapulted her to stardom. Pejic’s success neatly coincides with—and embodies—a kind of cultural and political mainstreaming of transgender identity. “there are just more categories now,” she says. “it’s good.
From Andrej To Andreja Pejic How Australian Boy Became World S First Just last year, pejic became the first openly transgender model to be profiled by vogue in its may 2015 issue. in many ways, it was pejic’s male modelling which initially catapulted her to stardom. Pejic’s success neatly coincides with—and embodies—a kind of cultural and political mainstreaming of transgender identity. “there are just more categories now,” she says. “it’s good. Pejic in particular shot to fame in recent years, modeling as both a man and a woman before undergoing gender confirmation surgery last year. the 23 year old stunner, born in bosnia herzegovina and raised in australia, is no stranger to the fashion world, having first made waves in a 2010 spread for paris vogue and on the runway for the likes of galliano and jean paul gaultier, wearing women. Andreja pejić is rewriting the rules of the modeling world. she broke barriers as an androgynous supermodel, and since coming out as a trans woman in 2013, she’s become one of the most.
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