Transgender Model Geena Rocero Says She Bleached Her Skin for Beauty Pageants 'Because That Was The Ideal Beauty'
http://www.people.com/article/geena-rocero-transgender-model-bleached-skin-beauty-pagaents
People/By Gabrielle Olya 10/07/2015 AT 02:40 PM EDT
"Transgender model Geena Rocero is proud of her Filipino ethnicity and dark skin, but she didn't always feel that way.
Rocero, 31, says she used to lighten her skin when participating in transgender beauty pageants in her native country."