This Top Model contestant has a little something extra

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This Top Model contestant has a little something extra

By Matt Akersten - 25th August 2009

http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/19/article_7819.php

"Some people might say I'm transgender, some people might say transsexual. Personally, I prefer 'born in the wrong body,'" says America's Next Top Model hopeful Isis in new episodes of the star-making show Friday nights on TV3.

So can the 22-year-old non-profit organisation programme assistant stay in the running to become America's Next Top Model?

According to the hit show's executive producer Ken Mok, the decision to cast a transgender contestant in the show was done to help further one of host and Executive Producer Tyra Banks' initial reasons for launching the long-running reality series.