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☆ A Trans Model’s Path to Success and More: The Week in Reporter Reads
  + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
In the late 1990s, beginning at age 15, Geena Rocero was a beauty queen working the transgender pageant circuit in the Philippines, where shows are broadcast on national television. Her victories earned her both money and fame. She said her signature wig style — a side bang and a flipped end — became a trend unto itself among fellow beauty contestants. In the Philippines, Ms. Rocero lived openly as a transgender woman with the support of both her relatives and chosen family, but she could not legally change her sex. ◆ ◆ ◆Written by Brett Anderson and Julia Moskin | Narrated by Brett Anderson
Persons: Geena Rocero, Cain, Rocero, ◆, Brett Anderson, Julia Moskin Organizations: Modeling Locations: Philippines, San Francisco, New York, United States
☆ In ‘Horse Barbie,’ Geena Rocero Recounts a Modeling Life Like No Other
  + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Shane O Neill | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
In the back seat of a car en route to the West Village, she reflected on her shift from model to advocate. “And then I felt like I entered a new trap, which is respectability politics.”Ms. Rocero said she never felt fully comfortable in the role of trans role model. At first she was excited to assume what she called an Angelina Jolie persona — a beautiful, world-trotting champion of social issues. “Ines was the first one,” Ms. Rocero said, referring to the French model Ines Rau. In the West Village, Ms. Rocero once again jaywalked while approaching Rosecrans, a combination florist and coffee shop.
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