Gemma Cowling

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Gemma Cowling
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Gemma Cowling is an Australian model. She is the first Australian-born transgender model to be signed with an agency. [1] [2]

Biography

Cowling was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia. She came out as a transgender woman and began transitioning after completing school, stating that she didn't feel like school was a safe and inclusive place for her to do so. [3]

She made her runway modeling debut in 2016 at the Adelaide Fashion Festival. [4] Later that year, at the age of nineteen, Cowling became the first Australian-born transgender model to sign with an agency. [5] She was first signed with Azalea Models. She later signed with Milk Models [6] and Chadwick Models. [7] In 2017 Cowling became the face of TONI & GUY's new campaign You Define You. [8]

Cowling has spoken out about people in the fashion industry exploiting her and other transgender models because of their gender identity in order to make a brand seem progressive. [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Australia's first transgender model Gemma Cowling tells of her role, The Advertiser (Adelaide)
  2. ↑ Transgender model Gemma Cowling not entirely comfortable being a role model for future hopefuls, The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
  3. ↑ "Adelaidenow.com.au - Subscribe to The Advertiser for exclusive stories". myaccount.news.com.au.
  4. ↑ Mandybur, Jerico. "Australian trans model Gemma Cowling is a secret social media genius". Mashable .
  5. ↑ O'Malley, Katie (9 August 2016). "Meet The Hilarious Australian Transgender Model Ruling Social Media". ELLE.
  6. ↑ "Gemma Cowling - MiLK Model Management". www.milkmanagement.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Gemma's agenda to be a runway success". www.adelaidenow.com.au. 13 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Cook, Erin. "Australian Transgender Model Gemma Cowling New Campaign". ELLE.
  9. ↑ "Gemma Cowling: 'I'm trying to step away from being the token trans model'". Stuff. 21 October 2017.
  10. ↑ Shipton, Jamie-Maree (2 August 2016). "transgender model gemma cowling on finding a home in fashion".
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