Transsexual model Lea T makes catwalk debut
Transsexual model Lea T makes first catwalk appearance in designer Alexandre Herchcovitch's show during Sao Paulo Fashion Week.
BY Olivia Bergin | 31 January 2011
http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG8293196/Transsexual-model-Lea-T-makes-catwalk-debut.htmlThere's no stopping transsexual model-of-the-moment Lea T. Fresh from a starring role kissing Kate Moss on the cover of LOVE magazine (the editor of which, Katie Grand, described Lea T as the issue's 'muse'), the 28-year-old Brazilian formerly known as 'Leo' made her catwalk debut this weekend during Sao Paulo Fashion Week.
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T is no stranger to the world of high fashion. It was while working as an assistant to Riccardo Tisci, the creative director of Givenchy , that she began embracing her more feminine side: "One night, he (Riccardo Tisci) encouraged me to wear heels to a party. We went shopping for these drag queen high heels and bleached my eyebrows. It was a revelation," she said.
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Setting the catwalk alight, model who used to be a man
Hot on the heels of Gisele Bündchen, a new Brazilian on the catwalks has taken an unusual route to the top
By David Usborne
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/setting-the-catwalk-alight-model-who-used-to-be-a-man-2200171.htmlThe sizzle in Sao Paolo as it celebrates its winter fashion week has not been about the Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen or even the American actor Ashton Kutcher, who have both had their catwalk outings. The brightest paparazzi pops have been reserved, rather, for Lea T, a transsexual making her modelling debut.
All of Brazil seems to be basking in the sensation that Lea T has suddenly become. Never mind that it first knew her as Leandro Cerezo, the son of a famous football star, Toninho Cerezo.
