With the frenzy of media attention over the past year, 2012 is going to be a big year for gender-bending model Andrej Pejic – the only top-tier fashion model walking the runway as a man or as a woman at New York Fashion Week. After walking in runways for heavyweight designers, including John Galliano and Jean Paul Gaultier and gracing the covers of 14 magazines last year alone including an ad campaign for a Dutch push-up bra, FASHION'S man of the moment Andrej Pejic is shooting advertisement campaign for a lingerie brand as posing in a bright blue bikini on a New York rooftop. The Bosnian-born 20-year-old Andrej Pejic was born with high cheekbones, plump lips and a flawless complexion. He was discovered by a talent scout while working at a McDonald's as a teenager. Standing at 6-foot 1-inch, Andrej Pejics shines in the fashion industry with long white blonde hair and bright blue eyes – which draws him admiring glances even from men.
Andrej Pejic, who born on 28 August 1991 in Tulza in Bosnia and Herzegovina to a Serbian mother and Croatian father, has taken the modelling world by storm 2011 thanks to his extreme androgynous look. The 20-year-old is so in demand in 2012 and even chosen to model for a female lingerie campaign
Mr Pejic, who lived in Melbourne before finding modelling fame last year, poses in a cutaway swimsuit, trouser suit and heels on a New York rooftop for photographer Sebastien Micke and assistant Russ Heller
When opening up about secretively sexual orientation and being asked whether he prefers a girlfriend or boyfriend, he coyly smiles and says, “Love has no boundaries”
Andrej Pejic looks amazing on Fashion Canada February 2012 Cover. He has a face that even a woman may be jealous with high cheekbones, flawless skin and plump, shapely lips
The model is so popular that an industry term - “Andrej Pejic effect” – has been created. The phrases refers to men who use make-up
Andrej Pejic once told Grazia magazine about his measurement, “To do womenswear I have to be disciplined. My waist has gone from 29 to 25 inches, my hips are 35 inches”. In the behind-the-scenes photo, Pejic's make-up is being applied after a shoot
Andrej Pejic walks the runway at the Michalsky Autumn/Winter 2012 fashion show during Michalsky StyleNite at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin in January 2012. Andrej is considered the most recognisable - and controversial - faces in the industry. In fact, his androgynous beauty has turned him into a trendsetter in the fashion industry
Despite being on the top of his career at the moment, life was not that easy for Andrej Pejic. The model spent much of his childhood living in a Serbian refugee camp before his family fled the country and moved to Melbourne
Andrej Pejic once admitted that from early age, he showed off qualities thought of as traditionally feminine. He used to prefer Barbie dolls over toy cars, hang out with girls and be busted for stealing makeup
French photographer Sebastien Micke, who has photographed transgender models, says that “Andrej's got this thing that supermodels have: how to pose in front of the camera. It's just natural”
Andrej Pejic walks as femme fatale at the runway at the Jean-Paul Gaultiershow as part of Paris Menswear Fashion Week FallWinter 2011-2012 at Atelier Jean-Paul Gaultier and as the bride in Jean Paul Gaultier's spring/summer 2011 haute couture show
At 6-feet-1 and figure of a women's size 2 or 4, Andrej Pejic considers a sex-change for Victoria's Secret
Andrej Pejic for Pink Tartan Spring/Summer 2012
Related links:
About the Author:
John Stevens is an Internet marketer and freelance photographer. He likes collecting photographs of celebrities, posting breaking news and writing articles to comment on outstanding events in the field of entertainment.
Articles Source: Andrej Pejic 2012: Pictures of 20-year-old Transgender Male Model
No comments:
Post a Comment