All women have a complicated relationship to beauty, but as a transgender woman it's a bit more complicated. There's a lot of pressure to appear feminine. When I was younger, I was most insecure about my size, my angular features, my feet, my hands . At the end of the day, it's about being comfortable in your own skin, and being able to walk down the street and not have people question your gender - and, for me, being perceived as a woman.

Love has no boundaries.

I find myself to be quite sarcastic, and I wouldn't want to be with someone who didn't get that.

Sometimes I do just have to stop and hit myself in the head with my diamond-encrusted vase.

It's important to me that people can associate being different with being beautiful.

Most female models don't have any muscle mass.

Fashion is quite inclusive and good at embracing different things and different forms of beauty. It's a very liberal industry. You can be yourself. Just not overweight.