Pejic can and does do two for one roles in a fashion show by effortlessly showing off a designer's mens and womens clothing lines and gets paid well for doing so.
Especially as some fashion critics contend, Pejic's figure is the ideal for fashion designers. 5'11", no bust and no waist.
Pejic has become a favorite model for designers Jean-Paul Gaultier and Marc Jacobs among others and was ranked at number 98 in FHM's list of the world's sexiest women for 2011. A transphobic comment accompanying Pejic's photo with the ranking caused it to be pulled from the online site.
Pejic even showed up in a fashion shoot with the other modeling it girl for 2011, Brazilian transwoman Lea T.
As to which side of the gender binary Pejic is on:
"I know people want me to sort of defend myself, to sit here and be like, ‘I’m a boy, but I wear makeup sometimes.’ But, you know, to me, it doesn’t really matter. I don’t really have that sort of strong gender identity—I identify as what I am. The fact that people are using it for creative or marketing purposes, it’s just kind of like having a skill and using it to earn money.”
There was an interesting print ad last month from the Dutch
department store Hema which recently featured Pejic wearing its
'Mega-Push-Up Bra' that guarantees it will increase your bust two cup
sizes.. Once the Hema ad hit Dutch newspapers with photos of the cleavage-free Pejic showing some semblance of breast tissue, it sent sales of this bra skyrocketing and caused a media sensation in the Netherlands
So it will be interesting to see in 2012 how Andrej Pejic tops this and what other interesting developments happen in Pejic's life gender wise..
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