Serbian Australian model Andrej Pejic is androgynous and famous for his ability to model both male and female clothing. In January 2011's Paris fashion shows he walked both the men's and women's shows for Jean-Paul Gaultier and the men's shows for Marc Jacobs. He has also ranked #18 on the models.com Top 50 Male Models list while simultaneously being ranked #98 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2011."
2. Claudia Charriez
Many people don't realize that transsexual models are popping up in magazines and on runways everywhere. These gorgeous models look and feel like women but were born with male reproductive organs. If we didn't know, we definitely wouldn't be able to tell that they weren't born female! Could you?
3. Isis King
Born Darrell Walls in 1985, American model Isis King gained notoriety when she became the first transgender contestant ever to appear on the modeling reality show America's Next Top Model. King competed on two seasons of the show.
4. Kim Petras
Kim Petras was born on 27 August 1992 as Tim Petras. Her parents, Lutz and Konni, have said that from the age of two, she began insisting she was a girl. It slowly became apparent this was “not just a phase” and so her parents tried to be supportive but made her wear gender neutral clothes in public. Petras turned 16 in 2008, and announced in a November 2008 post on her blog that she had recently completed her gender reassignment surgery. Kim is a world renowned German teen pop singer.
5. Nina Arsenault
Nina Arsenault (born January 20, 1974) is a Canadian performance artist, freelance writer, and former sex trade worker who works in theatre, dance, video, photography and visual art. Her works have been called profoundly moving, absolutely unforgettable, brutally honest, a spiritual gift and as stunning as they are ruthless. The artworks, which are graphic as well as philosophical, illuminate uncomfortable truths about sex, gender, religion, and technology.
6. Alicia Liu
Alicia Liu, born in Taiwan, was a normal budding model until someone from her high school days recognized her and spilled her identity to the media in 2009. In 2010 Alicia showed her newly issued national ID card in a public interview proofing she is now a female. Her once boyfriend, who was also a model, even backed her up and said : if she was a he, I would have noticed for sure! little did he know, she admitted to gender change surgery performed when she was 18, funded by her 2nd boyfriend at the time.
7. Kelly van der Veer
Kelly van der Veer is a Dutch former Big Brother contestant, singer and television personality. She was born a male named Ferry on May 6, 1980, but underwent sex reassignment surgery at the age of 19. She currently resides in Hilversum and is 186 centimetres tall. Her childhood idol was Barbie.
8.Sato Kayo
Japanese model who worked in the magazine in ‘stealth’ mode. Threatened with blackmail about her trans status being revealed, she preemptively outed herself on Japanese TV. Recently authored an autobiography.
9.Nong Poy
Saknarin Marnyaporn (Thai: น้องปอย, born October 5, 1986), better known by the names Nong Poy or Treechada is a Thai actress and model. Assigned male at birth, Poy underwent sex reassignment surgery at age 17.
10. Lea T.
Brazilian Lea T. was born Leandro Cerezo in 1981, but that didn’t stop her from becoming one of the most famous transsexual fashion models in the industry today. Lea has been called the muse of high fashion design house Givenchy.
11. Sirapassorn Atthayakorn
Thailand’s own Sirapassorn (AKA Sammy) Atthayakorn was named Miss International Queen in 2011’s pageant.
12. Jenna Talackova
Jenna Talackova (born October 15, 1988) is a Canadian model and television personality, who gained media attention in 2012 when she successfully waged a legal battle to be allowed to compete in the Miss Universe Canada after being initially disqualified for being a trans woman.
13. Francine Garcia
She is the Super Sireyna - Queen Of Queens of Eat Bulaga of Super Sireyna, a noon time show in the Philippines. Francine Garcia is an actress, known for Quick Change (2013), Hakbang sa pangarap (2014) and Confessions of a Torpe (2014)
14. Kevin Balot
The first Filipino who crowned as Miss International Queen 2012.
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