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
boundaries no-boundaries
Love has no boundaries.
new-york cities want
I want to be the most eligible bachelor in New York City.
fashion being-yourself different
Fashion is quite inclusive and good at embracing different things and different forms of beauty. It's a very liberal industry. You can be yourself. Just not overweight.
vases sometimes diamond
Sometimes I do just have to stop and hit myself in the head with my diamond-encrusted vase.
kids gender stage
As a kid, you get to the stage where you realise the gender barriers that exist in society and what you're supposed to do and not supposed to do.
artistic gender interpretation
I guess professionally I've left my gender open to artistic interpretation.
sexy art dresses
I like to dress up but I'm not so concerned with looking very sexy, it's really more the art of dressing.
people
I love to work with people who are great at what they do.
identity-politics defining fans
I'm not a big fan of identity politics and sort of picking one thing and defining yourself with it.
female muscles mass
Most female models don't have any muscle mass.
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.