My whole life is controversy. What can I do? I'm like Britney Spears!

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

I know people want me to sort of defend myself, to sit here and be like, 'I'm a boy, but I wear make-up sometimes.' But, you know, to me, it doesn't really matter.

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.

As a kid, you get to the stage where you realise the gender barriers that exist in society and what you're supposed to do and not supposed to do.

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.