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“I love to work with people who are great at what they do.”
“Love has no boundaries.”
“Radical feminists are often highly conservative in many areas except for women's rights, and LGBT activists can be the same.”
“Makeup contracts are the Oscars of the modeling world.”
“The fact that my body is presented as an unrealistic ideal of 'beauty' to the world doesn't stop me - or most other models - from feeling unsure about ourselves.”
“I wanted to be a good kid, and I wanted to please my parents.”
“I always dreamt of being a girl. One of my earliest memories is spinning around in my mom's skirt trying to look like a ballerina.”
“Perhaps if I was in a different profession, I wouldn't have worn 'trans' on my forehead. But there's a difference between not wanting to make a big deal out of something and fearing the effect it will have on my life.”
“I think a life of a human being is not something you can explain in a few interview questions. The stuff you do in the media is sometimes a great reflection and sometimes not a great reflection of who you are as a person.”
“The beauty of my journey is that it's always been pretty unpredictable, so stay tuned.”
“The Internet gave me the sense that there were words to describe my feelings and medical terms.”
“I would go through my mother's makeup kit, and I think she thought it was really cute. I was only three or four years old.”
“I definitely did look back into the past when I was a teenager for transgender icons, like a famous model called Tula in the 1970s-'80s who starred as a 'Bond' girl.”
“I came out to my mom at the age of 14. She didn't understand it at first, but she's been very supportive since.”
“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.”
“Being a bride for Gaultier was a very special moment for me.”
“It used to be so important to choose what you were. Gay or straight. Male or female. I think the new generation is more fluid.”
“I think, at the end of the day, you have to live a truthful life and be true to yourself. You have one life, and everything has to fall into place around that.”
“If I could talk to my younger self, I would tell her that you will grow into the woman you've always wanted to be. You will find love. You will be successful. You will be happy.”
“Most female models don't have any muscle mass.”