Transgender model and advocate known for her 2014 TED talk in which she publicly revealed, for the first time, that she had been born a boy. She's the founder of the awareness and advocacy group Gender Proud.

Before Fame

She grew up identifying as a girl at a young age and competed in transgender beauty pageants in her native Philippines. She transitioned when she was 19 and later moved to New York City.

Trivia

She was working at a Macy's in New York when she started her modeling career. She signed with NEXT Model Management and worked as a swimsuit model.

Family Life

She grew up in Manila, Philippines and lived in San Francisco, California before moving to New York.

Associated With

She's worked as executive producer on Beautiful as I Want to Be and has appeared on Cailtyn Jenner's I Am Cait.