Isis King
| Isis King | |
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| Born |
October 1, 1985 Prince Georges County, Maryland |
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Hair color | Dark Brown |
| Eye color | Dark Brown |
Isis King (born October 1, 1985) is an American fashion model and a fashion designer. She was a contestant on both the eleventh cycle and the seventeenth cycle of the reality television show America's Next Top Model. She was the first trans woman to compete on the show, and became one of the most visible transgender people on television.
King is originally from PG County, Maryland, and currently resides in New York City. King was assigned male at birth but has stated that "mentally and everything else" she was "born female." She has stated that people might refer to her as "transgender" or "transsexual", but she prefers the phrase "born in the wrong body".
While in high school, King came out as "gay" but later felt that it was not an accurate label for her. King has an associate degree in design and illustration from the Art Institute of Philadelphia. King moved to New York to transition, but since she did not earn enough money to afford New York rents and her family opposed her transition, she moved into the Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBTQ youth.
In 2007, King appeared in an MSNBC special titled Born in the Wrong Body, which documented the lives of transgender teens from across the United States. King began hormone replacement therapy in the summer of 2007, as part of her transitioning process. She had sex reassignment surgery in 2009, which she stated on America's Next Top Model: All-Stars.
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