India's first transgender modelling agency kicks off with a top model competitio

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India's first transgender modelling agency kicks off with a top model competition to win a photo shoot to fight stereotypes

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3436318/Activists-use-Caitlyn-Jenner-inspiration-fight-set-India-s-transgender-modelling-agency-kick-model-competition.html

Daily Mail/By Isabel Hunter For Mailonline Published: 16:03 EST, 7 February 2016  | Updated: 21:47 EST, 7 February 2016

"Activists in India are campaigning to build the country's first and exclusive transgender modelling agency in a bid to be accepted in mainstream society - by using Caitlyn Jenner as their inspiration.

Transgender models spent the day auditioning to join the vanguard of models hoping to change opinions in India, as transgender people face daily discrimination and are often associated with sex workers and beggars.

'It's a desperate desire to be seen and to be accepted into the mainstream society and to get jobs like everyone else. I hope this creates a spark in young transgenders to follow their dreams,' said the initiative's founder Rudrani Chettri."

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Transgender Women Hit the Runway With India's New Modeling Agency

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By Samantha Cowan | Takepart.com
February 11, 2016

Dozens of aspiring models posed for glamour shots and strutted down a makeshift catwalk for a panel of fashion gurus on the hunt for India's next fresh face. But in a first for India, all of the models at the casting call were transgender.

Transgender activist Rudrani Chettri is working to launch India's first transgender modeling agency in New Delhi, India Today reports. Chettri plans to select five models to represent the agency, and is hoping to crowdfund about $7,000 to help pay for photo shoots and to market the agency to local brands.
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