The 28-year-old is currently in a modelling campaign for Givenchy, has posed naked for French Vogue and is in this month’s Italian Vanity Fair, where she describes her struggle with her identity.
Despite a successful career as a male model, Lea told the magazine how casting directors would often confuse her with female models and has always felt feminine.
‘When I walked into a room for a casting, there would always be someone who would say: ‘The girls’ casting is that way!’’
Since taking hormone therapy, she said it has left her constantly feeling ‘premenstrual’ and has faced taunts while walking down the street in Italy.
But her new Givenchy campaign shows that there is a place for transgender models in the industry and despite her struggle, has continued to find success in the industry.
She stars alongside top models Mariacarla Boscono, Malgosia Bela and Joan Smalls in the campaign.
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