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"  Bruce Jenner publicly revealing a new identity as\u00A0Caitlyn Jenner via Vanity Fair\u00A0comes as our perception of conventional\u00A0beauty continues to diversify. Transgender women in the limelight are not only challenging the norm but inspiring acceptance which we&amp;#039;re excited to celebrate. Here are some (gorgeous) famous faces leading the way and talking about for what it means to be and feel &amp;#039;beautiful&amp;#039;.  Andreja Pejic came out as transgender last July, hit the catwalks at London Fashion Week as a fully transitioned woman, became the first transgender model to be profiled in US Vogue, and then\u00A0landed a huge cosmetics campaign with Make Up Forever. On\u00A0her transition she&amp;#039;s said:\u00A0  &amp;quot;It makes me feel freer than ever\u2026 now I can stand naked in front of a mirror and really enjoy my reflection. And those personal moments are important.&amp;quot;          Announcing Redken&amp;#039;s new muse, Brazilian model and anti-bullying campaigner Lea T. @leacerezo . Lea T. will showcase her lust-worthy haircolor for an exciting new innovation from Chromatics haircolor. Stay tuned for more! #RedkenReady A photo posted by Redken (@redken5thave) on Nov 4, 2014 at 6:00am PST     Lea T is another transgender supermodel who\u00A0scored a big beauty gig in another industry first. While a Love magazine cover pictured Lea kissing\u00A0Kate Moss reinforced that by its nature fashion pioneers diversity as much as trend conformity, the beauty world can be more traditionalist, so it was refreshing\u00A0that Redken chose her as an unconventional \u2013 but stunning \u2013 spokesmodel. The Brazilian&amp;#039;s beauty has spoken out about it, saying:\u00A0  &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re all people with our own personality, our own beauty, our own life\u2026 I love working with Redken because they appreciate all kinds of beauty. They believe in the individuality of the person, and I think that&amp;#039;s really important.&amp;quot;          Finally a few days to relax. I feel so privileged to be able to do work that I love and very privileged to be able to take time off occasionally. I take none of it lightly. Always good to have days with no makeup to let my skin breath. #washfacenobase #TransIsBeautiful A photo posted by laverne cox (@lavernecox) on May 27, 2015 at 1:37pm PDT     Since Laverne Cox shot to fame in Orange is the New Black she&amp;#039;s made history as the first transgender Emmy nominee, has been featured in the 2015 Time 100 Most Influential People List and People World&amp;#039;s Most Beautiful Women List.\u00A0The inspiration regularly speaks out about diversity and equality, sparking the hashtag &amp;#039;#TransIsBeautiful&amp;#039; to continually trend. Talking about being a black transgender woman and embracing everything about her body, Lavern&amp;#039;s breaking boundaries:\u00A0  &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s a beauty in the things we think are imperfect. It sounds very clich\u00E9, but it&amp;#039;s true.&amp;quot;          Hot date! A photo posted by Paris Lees (@paris.lees) on May 9, 2015 at 11:02am PDT     Paris Lees, winner of a 2014 Cosmo Ultimate Women award, campaigns for a greater understanding of transgender people in the media. The bullying and abuse she suffered when transitioning led her to bravely speak up and make a difference. She recently penned an article for Cosmo in support of Bruce, and says that the media need to look beyond all the superficial elements of transition:   &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;ll see people laugh when Bruce wears something that makes him look awkward, and you&amp;#039;ll see them marvel when he hits the nail on the head and appears somewhere looking beautiful - as if it&amp;#039;s beyond belief that a trans woman can ever look good. Every trans woman goes through a trial and error process when they first transition \u2013 just as every woman does as a teenager.&amp;quot;          . #ulzzang #dollface A photo posted by \u5A55\u5A1C (@jentalackova) on Apr 26, 2014 at 12:56am PDT     Beauty queen Jenna Talackova was controversially thrown out of \u2013 and then allowed back into \u2013 a Miss Universe Canada contest. Now fully recognised as female by the government there she&amp;#039;s using the distressingly public discrimination to empower others. In an ABC interview she said:\u00A0  &amp;quot;I feel like the universe, the creator just put me in this position as an advocate. And now it&amp;#039;s like this, and I&amp;#039;ll take that position. If it&amp;#039;s helping anybody else, my story and my actions, then I feel great about it.&amp;quot;   She looks great, too. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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