Andrej Pejic
Andrej Pejic
Andreja Pejićis an Australian model. Pejić is a trans woman, who until 2014 was billed as an androgynous male model and self-described as living "between genders"...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth28 August 1991
CountryAustralia
paris sitting casting
When I'm sitting in a casting room in Paris, I'm not the thinnest model. Sometimes I'm not the most flat-chested, either.
boys people want
I know people want me to sort of defend myself, to sit here and be like, 'I'm a boy, but I wear make-up sometimes.' But, you know, to me, it doesn't really matter.
insecure hands feet
All women have a complicated relationship to beauty, but as a transgender woman it's a bit more complicated. There's a lot of pressure to appear feminine. When I was younger, I was most insecure about my size, my angular features, my feet, my hands . At the end of the day, it's about being comfortable in your own skin, and being able to walk down the street and not have people question your gender - and, for me, being perceived as a woman.
beautiful people being-different
It's important to me that people can associate being different with being beautiful.
sarcastic want want-to-be-with-someone
I find myself to be quite sarcastic, and I wouldn't want to be with someone who didn't get that.
america age want
I don't get out of bed for less than $50 a day. I want to make that clear to America. This is a new age of androgynous supermodels. We don't get out of bed for less than $50 a day.
equal-treatment identity proud
To all trans youth out there, I would like to say respect yourself and be proud of who you are. All human beings deserve equal treatment no matter their gender identity or sexuality. To be perceived as what you say you are is a basic human right,
life-is controversy whole-life
My whole life is controversy. What can I do? I'm like Britney Spears!