Andreja Pejic

On a personal level, my mom is my biggest inspiration. She's always been an idol for me. I used to dream about growing up and being like her. ”

Growing up, I was quite self-conscious about getting too tall, but then I realized, 'You know what? I can use it to my advantage. Big is beautiful.' ”

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

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. ”

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. ”

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

I just want to prove that I can do anything any other female model can do. ”

Radical feminists are often highly conservative in many areas except for women's rights, and LGBT activists can be the same. ”

It used to be so important to choose what you were. Gay or straight. Male or female. I think the new generation is more fluid. ”

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. ”