Australian model is the first transgender woman to appear on the cover of iconic fashion magazine GQ
- An Australian model is the first transgender woman to grace the GQ cover
- Her achievement comes after winning GQ's 'Female Model of the Year' in 2016
- The 25-year-old beauty announced her sexual reassignment surgery in 2014
- Parts of her transition were filmed by a documentary crew to share her journey
An Australian supermodel has become the first transwoman in history to appear on the cover of GQ Portugal.
Blonde beauty, Andreja Pejic, features on the front of the dual-cover international fashion magazine's April edition wearing a silk camisole with a revealing a sheer flesh-coloured bra.
It's not the first time the magazine have recognized the glamorous bombshell, in October 2016 she won the 'Female Model of the Year' title at the GQ Portugal Awards.
The Australian model is the first transgender woman to grace the cover of GQ magazine
The International model allowed a documentary film crew to capture parts of her transition to female which will be released 2018
'To be honest, I never expected this moment. GQ is such a classic and respected men's magazine and, while I am very proud of everything I've achieved, my modelling career has been everything but classic,' she told GQ at the time.
'So, in a way, this is a meeting of two different worlds and it represents progress.'
The 25-year-old took to her Instagram to share the cover shot by Branislav Simoncik and celebrate her proud moment.
'I'd say this cover represents me getting my long awaited revenge on all those boys who didn't wanna hold hands in public when I was finding out about love for the first time,' Pejic captioned.
'However, all pettiness aside MUITO OBRIGADO (thank-you very much) to the good peeps at @GQPortugal for the award and this little moment in history. I only hope we can all increase the sorcery in 2017.
The blonde beauty won GQ's 'Female Model of the Year' in October 2016
The 25-year-old beauty announced her sexual reassignment surgery in 2014
Miss Pejic revealed details of her sexual reassignment surgery publicly in 2014. Parts of her transition were filmed for an upcoming documentary due to be released by 2018.
'It's a really important part of my life that we filmed and the cameras filmed some of the most personal parts of my transition that I would never imagine sharing with the world, but I felt I had a responsibility because there are young people that are watching,' she told Vogue.
'You need to give them something to help them out without prejudice.'
Following the personal changes, she became the first transgender model to feature in American Vogue in May 2015 and was the first transwoman to grace the cover of Marie Claire Spain in March 2016.
She was the first transgender model to feature in American Vogue in May 2015
Most watched News videos
- Pentagon release footage of MOAB being dropped in Afghanistan
- 'Mother of all bombs' tested by the US military in 2003
- Bad parker gets blocked by two Jeeps to teach him a lesson
- US Air Force releases footage of the first MOAB bomb test
- Shocking moment a horse attacks an alligator in Florida
- Muslim woman refuses to remove hijab for airport security in Rome
- Rapturous reception for Kim Jong Un opening residental complex
- 'Look at me when I am talking to you!': Moscow blasts UK
- 'You have to drag me': David Dao just before United incident
- FIRST EVER trailer unveiled for Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Sean Spicer announces dropping of GBU-43 bomb in Afghanistan
- Silverback gorila attacks a group of tourists in Rwanda
- ‘We will pulverize the headquarters of evil and...
- Hilarious moment two Jeep drivers get their own back on...
- Hell unleashed: Pentagon releases new video showing the...
- Kidnapped from the cotton fields of Virginia and sold to...
- Showdown on 'Day of the Sun': The White house furiously...
- Easter carnage as drunken revellers take advantage of the...
- How the Mother of All Bombs kills people: Vaporized...
- Putin’s ‘Father Of All Bombs’ is FOUR TIMES more powerful...
- EXCLUSIVE - 'He should have seen this coming': Chilling...
- Harry flies to Toronto for Easter with Meghan:...
- 'You are not safe for us': Muslim woman films Rome...
- European couple say they are 'devastated' after the Home...
- ‘Alternate reality’ of British-born wife of Assad who...
- Woman who paid her classmate $400 to kill her rapist...
- Britain's prettiest streets are revealed with The...
- Shocking moment the roof of the world-famous Bellagio...
- 'Security is really tight on campus so no worries at...
- The U.S. Mother Of All Bombs that killed 36 ISIS...