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Title: 'I always felt more feminine than male': Poland's Next Top Model favourite tells
Post by: Shana A on September 12, 2011, 07:39:40 AM
'I always felt more feminine than male': Poland's Next Top Model favourite tells judges how she was born a hermaphrodite

By Tamara Abraham

Last updated at 6:22 PM on 9th September 2011

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2035608/Polands-Next-Top-Model-favourite-tells-born-hermaphrodite.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2035608/Polands-Next-Top-Model-favourite-tells-born-hermaphrodite.html)

With her flawless skin and versatile look, it is little surprise that Michalina Manios is a favourite to win Poland's Next Top Model.

But the 22-year-old stunned viewers last night when she revealed to judges that she was born a hermaphrodite.

She explained that she had both male and female genitalia at birth, but was officially considered male until four years ago because doctors had initially assumed she was a boy.