Being a bride for Gaultier was a very special moment for me.
All human beings deserve equal treatment, no matter their gender identity or sexuality.
Love has no boundaries.
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.
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.
The beauty of my journey is that it's always been pretty unpredictable, so stay tuned.
I want to see creativity that breaks boundaries and isn't just about money.
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.
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.
I figured out who I was very early on - actually, at the age of 13, with the help of the Internet - so I knew that a transition, becoming a woman, was always something I needed to do.
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.
Most female models don't have any muscle mass.
I didn't know if I could have a career in fashion; I didn't fit in an obvious box.
In this society, if a man is called a woman, that's the biggest insult he could get. Is that because women are considered something less?
When I'm nervous, I can't eat or sleep.
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.
I achieved my personal dream and completed my transition to be able to live life as a woman.
I thought about being gay, but it didn't fit.
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.'
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.
