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Andrej Pejic is the only model that looks equally good in both men's and women's clothing. He is a living personification of a new trend - the complete erasure of boundaries and differences between the sexes. ZEITmagazin: Who do you feel like? Man or woman? Andrei Pejic: Sometimes I feel feminine, sometimes more masculine. Despite the fact that people see me as more feminine, I feel two genders in me at the same time. And at the moment, I'm comfortable in this state. Z: When did you discover your feminine side? A.P.: As a child, I was very interested in my mother's wardrobe. It was very touching for everyone and not shocked at all when I was little. But with age, I had to understand that there is a certain boundary between what is considered masculine and what is feminine. Z: So, over time, you stopped touching those around you with your feminine behavior. A.P.: Yes. Over time, it became abnormal to play with dolls and put on makeup. Somewhere around the age of 8-12, I was desperately trying to become a boy. Z: You were born in Bosnia immediately after the war and lived in Serbia until the age of eight. It seems to me that such an environment was not conducive to the knowledge and acceptance of one's true sexuality ... AP: Yes, Serbia is not the most tolerant country. But as a child, I was very nice, and everything was forgiven me. Everything has become much more difficult with age. And I am very grateful to my mother, who was always on my side and protected me from the attacks of others. Z: Tell us about your family? AP: My father was an economist. Now he works in the tourism business in Bosnia. My mother was a lawyer. When we moved to Australia, she retrained as a teacher. Z: Were you middle class? A.P.: Yes, but after the war we became poorer. Z: Did you have difficulty adjusting to a foreign country? AP: Yes, it was very hard for me. Australia did not provide immigrants with any adaptation courses in a new place. I went to school without knowing English. But it is easier for a child to survive this situation than for an adult. It only took me a year to learn new language. Z: When did you first get interested in fashion? AP: I started reading fashion magazines at an early age and have loved shopping since childhood. But I never thought about a modeling career. Z: You've been modeling for a year now. Tell me how you got noticed? AP: I used to sell fruit at a market in Melbourne. An agent approached me and bought strawberries from me. Then he asked if I would like to go with him to the agency. Z: He thought you were a girl? A.P.: Yes. The fact that I'm a guy, it turned out only in the agency. But that only intrigued him even more. Z: Strange, I read that an agent spotted you at the airport. A.P .: To be honest, I get asked this so often that I began to change the stories so that it would not be so boring to tell. But each of them has its share of truth. Z: At the moment you are the only model who participates in both men's and women's fashion shows. When was the first time you walked the runway in women's clothing? AP: I've done women's shows for some Australian designers. But my biggest show for women was the Gaultier show in Paris in January. It took a long time for people to realize that I could show clothes for women. Many thought that my body was not suitable for this. But as you can see, it fit. Z: What is the difference for you as a model between male and female shows? AP: Women's fashion is more demanding. At the women's show, a lot of attention is paid to how you walk and how you move. At the men's show, you just walk through and that's it. Z: Can you psychologically switch between images of a man and a woman? A.P .: I start from who others want to see me. In the female image, I am more sensual and sexy, in the male image, I am ordinary. Z: For you, being a man means being ordinary? A.P.: In the fashion industry, it is. Men are less interesting than women. Z: How do other models react to you? AP: They are very loyal to me. I can’t say that they behave like my best friends, but they don’t put a spoke in the wheel either. In men's shows, I'm usually the most feminine model. But courageous models are not at all embarrassed. Z: Describe your everyday style. AP: I wear both men's and women's clothes. But I noticed that you can dress well and for less money only in women's clothes. Good men's clothing costs a lot of money. Z: Do you wear dresses? A.P .: If I liked some kind of dress, then I will put it on without hesitation. I also wear high heels. Z: And the make-up? AP: Not too strong. I'm not a transvestite and I don't want to be reincarnated as someone I'm not. Z: Let's say you walk into a club in heels and a man treats you to a cocktail. How long will it take for you to tell him you're not a girl? AP: This happens to me all the time. But before you go to him or to me, I will definitely inform you that I am not a woman. Usually, this doesn't bother anyone. Z: Do you prefer men or women? A.P.: Let's put it this way. I believe that love has no boundaries. Source zeit.de Updated on 11/03/11 11:10: Translation www.face.ru

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Looking at this fragile tall girl, you will involuntarily believe that nature is capable of very cruel jokes. After all, the model was born in a male body, and last year she introduced herself to the world as Andrea Pejic. Her biography is a good example of how you can challenge fate and go your own way, not imposed by either nature or society.

Biography of Andrea Pejic

From the conflict zone to the Green Continent

A year ago, fashion model Andrej Pejic turned to the world with a request to perceive him as a girl: sex reassignment operations were already behind. So we, telling the biography of Andrea Pejic, will adhere to this rule.

She was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina to an international Serbo-Croatian family on August 28, 1991. Andrea's parents did not live together for long. When unrest began in Yugoslavia, and NATO troops entered the Kosovo region, Andrea's mother, Jadranka, decided that it was not safe for them to remain in the conflict zone. She took her mother and two children (Andrea was 8 at the time) and went to Australia. The Pejic family settled in Melbourne.

Tried to be "like everyone else"

Andrea claims that she always felt like a girl, adored trying on her mother's dresses and imagining herself as a ballerina. Such behavior of a teenager could be regarded as something abnormal, and his brother inspired Andrea that you should not reveal your secrets to people. Therefore, outwardly, Pejic did not differ from her peers, she drove football with the boys. She did a good job in her role. But, hiding from the outside world, in her soul Andrea dreamed of something completely different.

At the age of thirteen, when her voice was already beginning to break, Andrea was seriously concerned about stopping the process of the final transformation into a man. She found all the information of interest on the Internet, studied in detail the problem of sex change, all the difficulties associated with it, and started with puberty blockers. Close people understood her and decided to support her in everything. Andrea decided that she would finish school, and then move on to "active action."

androgynous model

The fact that representatives of the modeling business paid attention to the seventeen-year-old young man solved many problems: firstly, it promised financial independence (as you know, medical manipulations are not cheap), and secondly, entering the podium is a great way to make yourself known to the world . Designers became interested in a beautiful model with such an unusual appearance, and after a year and a half, Andrea worked for a prestigious London modeling agency, then signed contracts in Milan and Paris.

Her photos began to appear on the covers of "gloss", and Andrea's face and figure allowed her to participate in both men's and women's shows. The model did not want to make a name for herself from the fact that she was “not like that”, she just waited to finally determine her gender and dot all the i's.

So, the biography of Andrea Pejic as a model went on as usual. At the beginning of 2011, Pejic became the star of the shows of Marc Jacobs (representing menswear) and another experimenter, Jean-Paul Gaultier, who allowed Andrea to walk the catwalk as both a girl and a guy.

This was followed by a scandal: in America, they did not sell the Dossier magazine, on the cover of which Pejic flaunted with a naked torso (representatives of bookstores mistakenly decided that this was a topless girl - not an appropriate sight for the general public).

The girl in the boy

Pejic repeatedly managed to be in the ratings of the most beautiful - both women and men, however, some people did not want to admit this paradox and considered Andrea's hit in the "hot" top girls a mistake.

Personal life of Andrea Pejic

Long awaited coming out

A year and a half ago, Andrea Pejic's personal life changed radically: she finally decided on sex correction, but did not advertise it. The model has been getting used to the “new” body for almost three months and is now completely satisfied with it. When the girl recovered from the operations, she came out (in the summer of 2014) and gave a detailed interview to the popular publication People.

Pejic urges not to follow stereotypes and believes that gender is just a convention, the main thing is to live in harmony with the body. She urged both her fans on social networks and young people who have not yet decided on gender and face a painful choice to do this: “I know from my own experience that it is difficult, but you have the right to be accepted in society as you are. And there is nothing to be ashamed of, you deserve the same respect as the rest.

(nee Andrej Pejic) - a transgender model of Serbo-Croatian origin. For a long time, Andrej Pejic was a sought-after fashion model, known for his androgynous appearance, and successfully participated in shows of both men's and women's collections of famous fashion houses. In 2014, Pejic underwent sex reassignment surgery and asked to be identified as Andrea.

Height: 188 cm;

Hair color: blond;

Eye color: brown;

Zodiac sign: Virgo.

Biography and career of Andrei

Andrei Pejic was born on August 28, 1991 in Tuzla(Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the family of a Serb and a Croat. When Andrei turns 8 years old, as a result of the military conflict in Yugoslavia in the 90s, the family emigrates to Australia, to the city of Melbourne.

As a teenager, Andrei, on the advice of friends and relatives, sent several of his photographs to various modeling agencies at random. He didn't even think about possible responses. In 2008, the young man was noticed by Matthew Anderson, head of the Melbourne branch of Chadwick Model Management, who found that he was remarkably similar to one of his models. So Andrey received a job offer in the field of fashion. However, he did not start work immediately.

“I knew that London, Paris and Milan would want him right now. But it is important to understand that everything needs to be done slowly: in the right place, at the right time. Care must be taken, life in this business can be very short if opportunities are not handled wisely. Once you start using them excessively, and that’s it, you will run out of steam in a two-year period.”

Matthew Anderson

In May 2009, at one of the Sydney Fashion Week shows, the first public the emergence of Andrei Pejic as a fashion model. The young man instantly riveted the attention of the perplexed public. The audience for a long time could not understand how the girl ended up among the models of the men's clothing line. Upon learning that a young man was parading in front of them, many were perplexed.

In February 2010, Andrei arrives in London and there he signs a contract with Storm, from that moment representing his interests in London (at one time they also promoted the world famous one). Two days after the event, Andrey is working on the set for Dazed & Confused magazine. Then they were presented in the magazines Arena Homme +, Oyster and Paris.

In Milan, Pejic begins to represent I Love Models Management, and in Paris, the young man works with New Madison.

In April 2010, Wonderland Magazine was released, in which Pejic also participates in the shooting - "Smell the Smell".

June 2010 as part of Paris Fashion Week Andrey participates in men's shows collections spring-summer 2011. Among them are the Jean Paul Gaultier show, in which Andrey had three exits, including the closing show; John Galliano; Raf Simons; .

So Andrej Pejic gets into the top ten newcomers of the season on the website "models.com".

Then the young man signs a contract with New York "DNA", Milan "D'management", Tokyo "Bravo" and others. Pejic works with photographers such as Matthew Brooks, Steven Meisel, Juergen Teller, Anthony Mauli, shoots for Japanese Vogue Hommes, Italian, French and Turkish Vogue, i-D, Dossier and many others.

In January 2011, model Andrej Pejic completes the show of the Jean Paul Gaultier Couture spring-summer 2011 women's line with his appearance in a wedding dress, becomes the face of the brand's advertising campaign and takes part in a photo shoot.

"This is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in a wedding dress!"

Jadranka Pejic (mother)


Pejic represents the men's lines of Z Zegna, Jean Paul Gaultier, Robert Geller, Neil Barrett, Comme des Garçons, Custo Barcelona and others, as well as the women's lines of the brands Kimberly Ovitz and Jeremy Scott at the autumn-winter 2011 shows.

In April 2011, Andrej Pejic ranked 11th in the list of the most sought-after male models in the world according to models.com

In 2010, on the pages of the November Vogue Italia, a studio photo session “Venus in Furs” was published with the participation of Andrey Pejic, Freya Beha Eriksen, Alla Kostromicheva, Iselin Steiro, Tomek Schuketsky. Steven Meisel captured the semi-naked bodies of models covered with fur.

In 2012, on the pages of the spring-summer Candy Magazine, Andrey Pejic appeared in female and male images. Adrej Pejic and Ginta Lapina took part in the shooting of Sebastian Kim's Twins for the November Numéro. For the pages of the November Out Magazine, Pejic posed naked on the floor with a python. Andrej Pejic appeared on the pages of the December issue of Dujour. Tony Kim's photo session was dedicated to Warhol and his muses. Andrey tried on the images of Edie Sedgwick, Nico, Candy Darling and Andy himself.

In 2014, the women's jewelry collection Pejic x Snyder, created by Andrej Pejic for the Sam H Snyder Design brand, was presented. It includes 10 products: cuffs, bracelets, necklaces, several models of rings. Each jewelry was offered in 4 versions: silver, palladium, platinum and white gold. The cost of one item, depending on the metal, ranged from $200 to $70,000.

sex change

Despite the fact that Pejic himself for a long time stated that he was comfortable in own body and he is not going to change anything, in 2014 the fashion model officially announced that he had undergone a sex change operation. Pejic did not radically change her name, she only asked to be called Andrea, not Andrey.

In 2015, after undergoing a course of postoperative rehabilitation, Andrea Pejic returned to her modeling career. In February 2015, the girl took part in the Jean-Paul Gaultier show, and in the spring of the same year, she starred in an advertising campaign for the cosmetic brand Make Up For Ever.


  • Andrew is an atheist.
  • Among his interests are the works of David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Amanda Lear, Salvador Dali, Boy George and, he loves the 1980s, New Romantics, biology and music festivals.
  • Even at the age of 15, Andrei began to be interested in the history of communism and socialism, considered Karl Marx his hero, followed his teachings, and was an active participant in the meetings of the Socialist Equality Party.
  • Favorite book is Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
  • He considers his own birth to be his greatest achievement.

Andrej Pejic (interview with Vanity Fair magazine)

Vanity Fair: You said you love eating pasta. How do you manage to stay in shape after it?
I do sports.

Vanity Fair:How do you think, why so much attention to your person?
The era we live in is very boring, people have no desire to experiment. Maybe I'll break this reality. I am young, full of enthusiasm and determination, I cultivate my uniqueness, because I managed to enter a world that allowed me to transform myself.

Vanity Fair:Androgynous, transsexual - these are the terms that usually come up when talking about Andrey Pejic. How do you define yourself?
If we are talking about sexual orientation, I will say that love has no boundaries. Actually, I am alone. I think that I am not very attracted to sex, only if there are feelings. But if we mean my gender, then I will say that I get along very comfortably with my ambiguity. I understand that I look very feminine, and this applies not only appearance but also my lifestyle.

Vanity Fair:Can you tell a little about your life?
I was born in Bosnia, two months before the start of the war. My father is a Croat, my mother is a native of Bosnia. When I was 8, I moved to Australia with my mother, grandmother and brother. My father didn't come with us. Now he lives in Croatia, his activities were related to the economy, now he has been unemployed for many years. My mother was a lawyer, and in Melbourne she began to work as a school teacher. Vanity Fair:Has she ever been against you expressing yourself in such an unusual way?
My mother is very modern: She loves her children so much that it is very easy to accept us as we want to be. By the way, now she is my passionate admirer. Even my 21-year-old brother, who is straight and is studying to be a construction worker, supports my position. Vanity Fair: Whom did you admire as a child?
David Bowie, Amanda Lear, Boy George, even Salvador Dali and Madonna. It was the 80s and someone's strangeness did not make people wonder the way they do now.

Vanity Fair:Has uncertainty always been your source of inspiration?
I think so, even when I didn't feel it. When I reached adolescence, I was unable to hide it, and my body did not help me in this. I never had acne, and my voice remained feminine, high. I loved dressing up and started bleaching my hair.

Vanity Fair: And what about a beard? How did you make her and all the other hair on your body disappear?
I never squealed plastic surgery and other tricks that women use to look good.

Vanity Fair: You said you believe in love. Did you have her? Have you met someone?
Yes, of course, I met. But I'm not sure I was in love. Being together is great, but you need to participate in the life of your soul mate. And I am an autonomous person, that is, I do not know how to love completely.

Vanity Fair:Maybe you had an affair in high school?
Yes, but don't ask me if it was a boy or a girl, because I already said that for me love has no limits. I admit, I really enjoy arousing all this interest in my orientation, so I can't tell you for sure. And to some extent, because I myself do not fully understand this yet.

Andrej Pejic (interview for ZEIT Magazine. February 2011)

ZEIT Magazine:Mr. Pejic, do you yourself feel like a man or a woman?
Sometimes I feel more masculine and sometimes more feminine. You can think of me as a more feminine person, but in reality I am both. And at the moment I am very comfortable in this state.

ZEIT Magazine:When did you first discover your feminine side?
When I was little, I was very interested in my mother's wardrobe. When you are a child, everyone thinks it is very cute. It wasn't until I got older that I realized there was a very thin line between boys and girls.

ZEIT Magazine:And then it stopped being cute?
No, it was already strange, because I continued to play with dolls and put on makeup. Between the ages of 8 and 12, I really tried to be a real boy. But it didn't work.

ZEIT Magazine:You were born in Bosnia shortly before the start of the war and lived in Serbia until the age of 8. It seems to me that that environment was not very favorable for the kind of sexual self-discovery that was happening to you.
Serbia was and remains not a very tolerant country. But I was a very sweet child and I was easily forgiven for my pranks. It got harder as I got older. I am very grateful to my mother who protected us and helped us through it all.

ZEIT Magazine: Describe your parental home?
My dad was an economist. Now he works in the tourism business in Bosnia. My mother was a lawyer and when we moved to Australia she went to school and is now a teacher.

ZEIT Magazine:So your family is middle class?
Now yes, but after the war my family was in poverty. I feel more like a child from a working class family.

ZEIT Magazine: Was it difficult to get your bearings when you moved to another country at the age of 8?
Yes, it was hard. There were no integration courses for emigrants. I went to school without really knowing English, and I tried to catch something in the process of studying. But when you are a child, everything is easier. I mastered a new language in just a year.

ZEIT Magazine: When did you start getting interested in fashion?
I started buying and reading fashion magazines very early and I have always loved shopping. But I never dreamed of becoming a model.

ZEIT Magazine: You have been modeling for about a year. How did you get into this business?
I worked at a market in Melbourne selling fruit. A modeling agent bought strawberries from me and asked if I would like to come to the casting in his agency.

ZEIT Magazine:He then did not understand that you are not a girl?
They understood this only later, when I came to the agency. But they found it even more interesting.

ZEIT Magazine:And I read that you were spotted at the airport in Melbourne ...
You know, I get asked so often about how they found me that I sometimes change versions just for fun. Every story has its own truth.

ZEIT Magazine: At the moment, you are the only fashion model so busy showing both men's and women's clothing. When did you first take part in a female fashion show?
I have worked for several Australian brands, but my first big show was Jean Paul Gaultier at Paris Fashion Week. It took a while for people to believe that I could actually work in women's shows. Many doubted that my body would allow me to do this. As you can see, it allowed.

ZEIT Magazine:Is there a difference in working for women's and men's shows?
Women's fashion is more demanding. What matters here is how you move, how you walk… In the men's shows, you just run back and forth on the catwalk.

ZEIT Magazine: Can you switch from male to female and vice versa if needed?
I know what others expect from me. As a woman I am sexy and sensual, as a man I am simple.

ZEIT Magazine:So, being a man means being ordinary?
When it comes to fashion, yes.

ZEIT Magazine: How do other models react to you?
They are very kind to me. Not best friends, of course, but they don't act bitchy... In men's shows, I'm usually the only feminine fashion model. But even very courageous models are calm about this.

ZEIT Magazine: How do you usually dress?
I wear both men's and women's clothes. But looking good as a woman is less expensive. Good men's clothing is very expensive.

ZEIT Magazine: Do you wear dresses?
If I see a dress that I like, I wear it. I have no problem with this. I also wear high heels.

ZEIT Magazine:How about makeup?
I use them to a minimum. I'm not a transvestite and I don't want to turn into someone else... I'm a natural.

ZEIT Magazine:When you put on high heels and go out into the world, and a man treats you to a cocktail ... When do you admit that you are not at all what you seem at first glance?
I have had many such situations, but I have never invited a person home without telling him that I am not a woman. But for many it doesn't even matter. They will still treat me to cocktails.

ZEIT Magazine: Do you prefer women or men?
I will answer as follows: love has no boundaries.

Andrej Pejic DNA for Dossier Journal

Andrej Pejic

Andrej Pejic on Sunday Night

Andrej Pejic para MANGO

Andrej Pejic in Garage Magazine (2012)

Andrej Pejic in the Silvian Heach advertising campaign (autumn-winter 2012-2013)


Models from the future - the first androgynes on the catwalks were called. Now it is difficult to surprise someone with an appearance that combines both female and male features, but Andriy Pejic it has always worked. He is called the best androgynous model of our time, and he continues to catch puzzled looks on himself: a man or a woman?



Australian fashion model of Serbian-Croatian origin Andrea (Andrej) Pejic at 24 years old is a world famous model, and more recently the young man was the object of ridicule. Since childhood, he liked to try on clothes from the women's wardrobe and was interested in fashion magazines. In 2008, he was noticed by a modeling agency booker and invited to work. Since then, Pejic's career began to rapidly develop due to his unusual appearance. He participated in both men's and women's shows.



In 2013, Pejic also tried his hand as a designer: he released a limited edition collection of T-shirts with his photos and the inscriptions “young, fresh and unisex” and “you can never” on the back.







Due to his controversial appearance, Pejic often found himself at the center of scandals. When his photo appeared on the cover of Dossier magazine, two distributors of printed materials immediately refused to sell this issue. They explained their decision as follows: from a distance it may seem that the cover is a girl with bare breasts. However, this did not stop Andrei, and in the same way he starred for another magazine.





When asked about his gender identity, Andrei always answered evasively: “Sometimes I feel feminine, sometimes more masculine. Despite the fact that people see me as more feminine, I feel two genders in me at the same time. And for now, I'm comfortable in that state."





Andrey dotted all the “and” in 2014, when he decided to have a sex change operation and came out as a transgender woman. He officially announced that he had undergone sex reassignment procedures and asked to be called Andrea.











After the sex change, Andrea again stepped on the podium. Now she is ranked 18th in the top 50 best male models and 98th in the top 100 sexiest women in the world.