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I do have to thank my mother for my eyebrows. Andreja Pejic

Mother Eyebrows Thank

I achieved my personal dream and completed my transition to be able to live life as a woman. Andreja Pejic

Life Woman Live Life Live Completed Dream Able Personal Achieved Transition

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. Andreja Pejic

You Confidence Face Important Healthy Matters Skin Wax Those About None Much Really Your Figure Keeping

I usually go with the 'less is more' approach. Andreja Pejic

Approach More Go Less Less Is More

Most female models don't have any muscle mass. Andreja Pejic

Mass Most Female Models Any Muscle

I guess professionally I've left my gender open to artistic interpretation. Andreja Pejic

Gender Interpretation Guess Open Left Artistic Professionally

I love to work with people who are great at what they do. Andreja Pejic

Work Love Great People Who

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. Andreja Pejic

Sometimes Paris Casting Most Model Sitting Either Room

It would be lovely to live in a world where trans-female models were treated as female models, and trans-male models were treated the same as male models rather than being a niche commodity. Andreja Pejic

World Live Would Would-Be Rather Female Were Male Than Models Same Commodity Being Where Lovely Niche Treated

Society doesn't tell you that you can be trans. Andreja Pejic

You Society Tell

I thought about being gay, but it didn't fit. Andreja Pejic

Gay Thought About Fit Being

It's good to be noticed. Andreja Pejic

Good Noticed

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. Andreja Pejic

I feel that for a lot of my career, I had success, I was adored, but I was also this alien creature. I want to show that I have the skill like any other female model, and I'm asking for the same equal treatment and equal respect as any other female model. Andreja Pejic

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. Andreja Pejic

Me Women Men Find London About Uncertainty Struggled No-One Put Knew Because Lot Commercial Viability Whether Board Agency Should

I was planning to transition right after high school and attend university as a girl, but then the modeling thing came up. It was an opportunity to see the world. My family knew I identified as a girl, but I didn't tell people in fashion. Andreja Pejic

Fashion Family People World School Opportunity Girl Tell High See High School Attend Knew Identified Came Up Modeling After Transition Then Planning Right Thing University

I was scouted working at the register at McDonald's in Melbourne, Australia. I worked there as my first job, and a guy walked in and gave me his card. I was 16. I was skeptical, but I looked it up when I got home, and it was legitimate. Andreja Pejic

I read 'The Original Beauty Bible' when I was 16, and it changed my life. Andreja Pejic

Life Bible My Life Beauty Changed Read Original

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. Andreja Pejic

To all trans youth out there, I would like to say respect yourself and be proud of who you are. Andreja Pejic

You Respect Youth Yourself Say Out Would Like Proud Who

With fashion, it's all about timing and holding out for the right thing. Andreja Pejic

Fashion Timing Holding Right Thing Out About The Right Thing Right Thing

I don't believe that the fight for trans rights or African American rights is different from the fight against war, or the fight for refugees. Andreja Pejic

War Rights Fight Believe American Refugees African Different African-American Against