Natalie / Nathan Vestling

22-year-old Natalie vestling, the favorite of Nicolas Ghesquière and Marc Jacobs decided to make the transgender transition and appeared before journalists in a new guise. Today on the CNN website has published an exclusive interview with the star of the catwalk, which now name is Nathan vestling. Return to work model plans this spring.

Nathan Vestling

To a journalist’s question about how the model now sees her reflection the mirror, Nathan said:

Like the male version of your former self.

Vestling also openly shared his emotions from the process of transgender transition.

Not always the sun shone, and shone a rainbow. The first two months of the transition period was hard, and it was only when I began to notice physical changes that matched my mental state, I finally woke up and started living. I’m happy now, I can’t even imagine returning to what it was before,

— told vestling in an interview.

Natalie vestling and Vittoria, Ceretti

Those who closely followed the screenings, the model’s face was familiar. During his career, which began in 2013, when Natalie made her debut on the catwalk of the Marc Jacobs at the fashion Week in new York, the model managed to pull in advertising Celine, Tiffany & Co., Chanel and many others.

In 2017 Natalie was the first girl, starring on the cover of men’s magazine Man About Town.

One of her most famous shots was the Marc Jacobs campaign, where Natalie appeared in 2014 along with Miley Cyrus. For her vestling dyed her hair a red-Auburn color, which has become a signature detail of her image and make her recognizable.

Natalie vestling and Miley Cyrus

No one else had that color hair, so I decided to keep it

confessed then Natalie, which immediately began to compare with actress Natasha Lionn.

Last show in which vestling took part in a female form, became defile Louis Vuitton in October last year, after which the model took a break to complete all necessary medical treatments. Six months ago, Natalie also began hormone therapy and began taking testosterone.

Natalie vestling on the show Louis Vuitton

It should be noted that in adolescence, when a modeling scout noticed Natalie in her native Arizona, she looked like a typical Tom-boy, was fond of skateboarding and despised girly style — this image Westling embodied in the first official photographs in the form of Nathan, which was published today.

Subscribers model have supported her decision.

I’m so happy for you and proud of you!

To be what you’re feeling — it’s wonderful! I’m happy for you, Nathan!

Most important — be yourself!

In an interview with CNN vestling admitted that from childhood felt uncomfortable in a female body.

My vivid memory of those years: I’m standing on the Playground with other girls and feel completely out of place in their company, I do not understand what they were saying, and then I talk with the boy and feel at ease. After that I first began to think about gender

— said Nathan.

Recall that the headlines in the fashion press mostly did models-men who changed sex to female. So, a star of the past fashion Weeks autumn-winter was Teddy Quinlivan, and earlier model-transgender took part in the contest “Miss universe — 2018”, but the most famous model transgender in the industry is Andrea Pejic, who at first, being a man, became famous as a model-androgen.