Former Beauty Queen Now Living Happily as a Man: Before I Knew I Was Transgender

[stephaniec]

Former Beauty Queen Now Living Happily as a Man: Before I Knew I Was Transgender, I Thought Pageants Would Make Me Happy

http://www.people.com/article/ashton-colby-former-pageant-queen-transgender

People/By Gabrielle Olya  02/04/2016 AT 11:35 AM EST

"Before coming out as a transgender man, Ashton Colby was a fixture on the beauty pageant circuit.

"I started doing pageants when I was 16," Colby, now 23, tells PEOPLE. "I was struggling with my self-esteem at the time, and I wanted to break out of my shell. I thought pageants would fill the void in myself." "

[Peep]

Not a pageant queen, but i still associate a lot with ashton colby, i'm really glad he's out there so i can show people that there are people who were more 'feminine' than me but did need to transition.