--- title: Andreja Pejic Transgender Fashion Model description: Andreja Pejic was famous for her androgynous runway look. canonical: https://time.com/3033898/andreja-pejic-transgender-model-serbian/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-25T15:10:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:43.130Z og:title: Andreja Pejic Transgender Fashion Model og:description: Andreja Pejic was famous for her androgynous runway look. og:url: https://time.com/3033898/andreja-pejic-transgender-model-serbian/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80a51df9bf812a65/69869d3bd0b6f2c25c305738/108358920.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1996 og:image:height: 1123 og:image:alt: Jean Paul Gaultier - Haute Couture Spring Summer 2011 Runway - Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Andreja Pejic Transgender Fashion Model twitter:description: Andreja Pejic was famous for her androgynous runway look. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80a51df9bf812a65/69869d3bd0b6f2c25c305738/108358920.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Fashion Model Comes Out as Transgender Woman > Sponsored content. 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Andrej Pejic walks the runway at the Jean Paul Gaultier fashion show during Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week on January 26, 2011 in Paris, France. Nathalie Lagneau—Catwalking/Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Jul 25, 2014 3:10 PM UTC Andreja Pejic, the famously androgynous Serbian fashion icon who has modeled both men’s and women’s styles, came out as a transgender woman on her Facebook page Thursday. Pejic, who was known throughout her fashion career as “Andrej” but has changed her name to Andreja, posted a selfie along with an announcement that she said she hoped would inspire other transgender youths: --- > “” --- The model told [People.com](http://www.people.com/article/andrej-pejic-sex-reassignment-surgery-exclusive) that despite her long and successful career modeling both women’s and mens’s fashions, she opted to have gender reassignment surgery in order to identify as a transgender woman. “I was proud of my gender nonconforming career,” Pejic says. “But my biggest dream was to be comfortable in my own body. I have to be true to myself and the career is just going to have to fit around that.” Like other major transgender activists like [Laverne Cox](http://time.com/132769/transgender-orange-is-the-new-black-laverne-cox-interview/), who was featured in [TIME’s cover story](http://time.com/135480/transgender-tipping-point/) on the transgender movement, Pejic declined to discuss the specifics of her surgery with People.com, saying that “what’s in between anyone’s legs is not who they are.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3033898/andreja-pejic-transgender-model-serbian/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3033898/andreja-pejic-transgender-model-serbian/"},"headline":"Fashion Model Comes Out as Transgender Woman","datePublished":"2014-07-25T15:10:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:43.130Z","description":"Andreja Pejic was famous for her androgynous runway look.","url":"https://time.com/3033898/andreja-pejic-transgender-model-serbian/","keywords":["Living","gender","fashion","Transgender","laverne cox"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80a51df9bf812a65/69869d3bd0b6f2c25c305738/108358920.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80a51df9bf812a65/69869d3bd0b6f2c25c305738/108358920.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jean Paul Gaultier - Haute Couture Spring Summer 2011 Runway - Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week","caption":"Jean Paul Gaultier - Haute Couture Spring Summer 2011 Runway - Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week","creditText":"Nathalie Lagneau—Catwalking/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3033898/andreja-pejic-transgender-model-serbian/","name":"Fashion Model Comes Out as Transgender Woman"}}]}] ```