She enrolled in classes but initially found work hard to come by. It spurred her to pursue a career in modelling full-time. She underwent partial sex reassignment surgery in 2009 and her interest in modelling was piqued the following year when she was pictured on the front cover of a magazine featuring an article about transgender people. My mother and sisters were the only ones who supported me throughout."Īnjali found some acceptance in Kathmandu, where she moved to study, and later became an activist for an LGBT rights group called Blue Diamond Society. I had to stay strong and believe in myself. "Most of the people, including my own brothers, weren't ready to accept me for who I was. The public looks at you differently and treats you in a different manner." "In South Asian countries people still aren't that accepting, they treat it like an illness. "Growing up in Nepal as a transgender was extremely difficult," Anjali, 32, told AFP in an email interview ahead of the fashion extravaganza, which runs from February 1 to February 5. She overcame abuse and prejudice to become the Himalayan country's first transgender model and is now preparing to strut the catwalk at Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, India's premier fashion show, next month. Anjali Lama, who was born a man in rural Nepal, was ostracised by members of her own family after telling them twelve years ago that she wanted to live as a woman. Anjali was born Nabin Waiba to a family of poor farmers in NepalĪ Nepali who will become the first transgender model to walk the runway at an Indian fashion show hopes to inspire other victims of gender identity discrimination across conservative South Asia."Growing up in Nepal as a transgender was difficult," said Anjali.
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