All human beings deserve equal treatment, no matter their gender identity or sexuality.
Andreja Pejic
Being a bride for Gaultier was a very special moment for me.
The beauty of my journey is that it's always been pretty unpredictable, so stay tuned.
Love has no boundaries.
I'm not a big fan of identity politics and sort of picking one thing and defining yourself with it.
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.
I kick off my metabolism with a glass of O.J. and a pretty big smoothie. I put in chia seeds, flax seeds, raw organic honey, fresh spinach, hemp seeds, avocado, matcha, spirulina, raw almond butter, almond milk, berries, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds.
For a long time after childhood ended and before I expressed my femininity through androgyny, I really didn't like looking in the mirror much because I just felt like I wasn't attractive.
I guess professionally I've left my gender open to artistic interpretation.
Gender dysphoria is never an easy thing to live with, mainly because people don't understand it.
I was prom queen, and the year before, I was prom king. It was kind of the same; you just got a differently shaped crown.
I usually wake up around 9, and the first thing I do is make myself a cup of tea. I drink a lot of tea - green tea, white tea, and all kinds of herbal teas.
I've been getting chatted up by men ever since I was 14.
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.
The best songs/films/collections expose truths about life and make them universally accessible; they progress humanity.
I was lucky to grow up in a family where your parents loved you no matter what you were or what you came out as, and a lot of kids don't have that ride.
Australia was a very different world and culture from the one I left in Europe. Life was much more spread out. People drove everywhere. They built higher fences. Neighbours didn't interact so much.
My dream was, start young, take hormones, live as a woman, try and become as passable as possible, bury your past, change your friends. Now I've realised that I don't have to be ashamed of my past.
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 take biotin and silica for my hair to grow faster, but it's good for your skin, too.
I've definitely had my struggles with the male species, as I'm sure most girls have.
My mum would say sometimes, 'Do you think you might be gay?' But it wasn't that. When I imagined myself in a romantic setting, it was heterosexual, but I was just always a girl.
I thought about being gay, but it didn't fit.
I have a very angular face, so my makeup routine is focused around softening my features, and I've finally learned how to contour to my advantage.
It just so happens that some of the things I like are feminine.
I want to keep sharing my story in the hope that young trans people or just people who feel different or ostracized have something to look up to.
I just want to prove that I can do anything any other female model can do.
People would be surprised by me if they knew I was humble.
I remember as a kid, my mom had to trade canned food to buy my brother and me chocolate because we were living in Serbia at the time, and there were sanctions. If I catch myself complaining about going to a red carpet event, I say, 'Shut up.'
Makeup contracts are the Oscars of the modeling world.
Radical feminists are often highly conservative in many areas except for women's rights, and LGBT activists can be the same.
I want to see creativity that breaks boundaries and isn't just about money.
Society doesn't tell you that you can be trans.
I love costume jewelry, the stuff Givenchy/Riccardo Tisci do, and old school rock n' roll jewelry, too.
When childhood ended, I had to suppress feminine characteristics and try and be a boy. I didn't want to grow up at all because it meant becoming someone else.
My whole life is controversy. What can I do? I'm like Britney Spears!
I'm comfortable in my skin, and for my look to be celebrated is great.
A lot of people, when they look at the whole trans thing, they think,'Oh, you're transgender, and in the fashion industry, which is very pro-LGBT, so you don't have any problems because it's a progressive place.' But that's not the reality.
Most female models don't have any muscle mass.
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.
The first time I came to New York - and the first time I saw the movie 'Paris Is Burning' - I learned about the homeless LGBT culture in New York City that goes back to the '80s. I found that very interesting, and it's definitely something that I care about.
Stepping outside of my personal bubble, or that of fashion or beauty, is pretty important to me.
I love to work with people who are great at what they do.
I am 6 foot 2 inches, and one of the benefits of that is having long legs.
In the beginning, I was worried there are too many shots of me as a boy out there. Now I'm at a point where I know my past doesn't make me any less of a woman today. I can be proud of it. I don't have to bury it.
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.
If I wasn't modeling, I'd be studying economics or international politics.
I struggled to find an agency in London because no one knew whether they should put me in the men's board or the women's board. There was a lot of uncertainty about my commercial viability.
The way I need to look, it's a very personal thing. When I started experimenting, it was to make myself feel happy, to look in the mirror and be satisfied. I never did drag or anything like that. It was always that I wanted to be pretty, to look beautiful, as a girl would want to.
You can wax on so much about your figure and your skin and your face and all of those really important, and I'm all about skin and keeping it healthy, but if you don't have confidence, none of it matters.
