Top 110 Quotes & Sayings by Andreja Pejic

It would be lovely to live in a world where trans-female models were treated as female models, and trans-male models were treated the same as male models rather than being a niche commodity.

I find myself to be quite sarcastic, and I wouldn't want to be with someone who didn't get that.

I take biotin and silica for my hair to grow faster, but it's good for your skin, too.

I've been getting chatted up by men ever since I was 14.

I like to dress up but I'm not so concerned with looking very sexy, it's really more the art of dressing.

Love has no boundaries.

I figured out who I was very early on - actually, at the age of 13, with the help of the Internet - so I knew that a transition, becoming a woman, was always something I needed to do.

I want to be the most eligible bachelor in New York City.

I struggled to find an agency in London because no one knew whether they should put me in the men's board or the women's board. There was a lot of uncertainty about my commercial viability.

When childhood ended, I had to suppress feminine characteristics and try and be a boy. I didn't want to grow up at all because it meant becoming someone else.

I thought about being gay, but it didn't fit.

I guess professionally I've left my gender open to artistic interpretation.

When I first went to Milan, my agent said you have to give off a strong, masculine energy. They don't like campiness. They like boys to appear straight and to appear masculine. I quickly learned the game of it and how to navigate around it.

I achieved my personal dream and completed my transition to be able to live life as a woman.

I was planning to transition right after high school and attend university as a girl, but then the modeling thing came up. It was an opportunity to see the world. My family knew I identified as a girl, but I didn't tell people in fashion.

Most female models don't have any muscle mass.

In the beginning, I was worried there are too many shots of me as a boy out there. Now I'm at a point where I know my past doesn't make me any less of a woman today. I can be proud of it. I don't have to bury it.

I wanted to be a good kid, and I wanted to please my parents.

With fashion, it's all about timing and holding out for the right thing.

The Internet gave me the sense that there were words to describe my feelings and medical terms.

Gender dysphoria is never an easy thing to live with, mainly because people don't understand it.

A lot of people, when they look at the whole trans thing, they think,'Oh, you're transgender, and in the fashion industry, which is very pro-LGBT, so you don't have any problems because it's a progressive place.' But that's not the reality.

We should give people the freedom to express who they are.

I love Amanda Lear, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sharon Stone.

In this society, if a man is called a woman, that's the biggest insult he could get. Is that because women are considered something less?

The beauty of my journey is that it's always been pretty unpredictable, so stay tuned.

I came out to my mom at the age of 14. She didn't understand it at first, but she's been very supportive since.

I know people want me to sort of defend myself, to sit here and be like, 'I'm a boy, but I wear make-up sometimes.' But, you know, to me, it doesn't really matter.

I identify as a woman first, but I am also proudly trans.

I don't believe that the fight for trans rights or African American rights is different from the fight against war, or the fight for refugees.

My whole life is controversy. What can I do? I'm like Britney Spears!

I love to work with people who are great at what they do.

I feel that for a lot of my career, I had success, I was adored, but I was also this alien creature. I want to show that I have the skill like any other female model, and I'm asking for the same equal treatment and equal respect as any other female model.

As a kid, you get to the stage where you realise the gender barriers that exist in society and what you're supposed to do and not supposed to do.

I'm not a big fan of identity politics and sort of picking one thing and defining yourself with it.

The best songs/films/collections expose truths about life and make them universally accessible; they progress humanity.

Society doesn't tell you that you can be trans.

Sometimes I've seen comments about my knees or about my jawline, or people write things like, 'She still has signs of being a boy,' and then I realized that these are beautiful features. I've grown to love them.

I was scouted working at the register at McDonald's in Melbourne, Australia. I worked there as my first job, and a guy walked in and gave me his card. I was 16. I was skeptical, but I looked it up when I got home, and it was legitimate.

I am 6 foot 2 inches, and one of the benefits of that is having long legs.

Australia was a very different world and culture from the one I left in Europe. Life was much more spread out. People drove everywhere. They built higher fences. Neighbours didn't interact so much.

I think we all evolve as we get older, and that's normal, but I like to think that my recent transition hasn't made me into a different individual. Same person - no difference at all, just a different sex.

To all trans youth out there, I would like to say respect yourself and be proud of who you are.

I remember as a kid, my mom had to trade canned food to buy my brother and me chocolate because we were living in Serbia at the time, and there were sanctions. If I catch myself complaining about going to a red carpet event, I say, 'Shut up.'

When I was little, the idea of waking up as a girl was like a fairytale. I had this idea that I'd meet a witch who would transform me. From the moment I found out that it was actually possible, I went to bed each night feeling that when it happens, it will be the best day of my life. And it was!

It's good to be noticed.

Fashion is quite inclusive and good at embracing different things and different forms of beauty. It's a very liberal industry. You can be yourself. Just not overweight.

I always dreamt of being a girl. One of my earliest memories is spinning around in my mom's skirt trying to look like a ballerina.

Makeup is a very delicate thing for me - I've got sort of defined features, so I don't like to do too much contour, as it can be a bit severe.

I usually go with the 'less is more' approach.

I read 'The Original Beauty Bible' when I was 16, and it changed my life.

If I could talk to my younger self, I would tell her that you will grow into the woman you've always wanted to be. You will find love. You will be successful. You will be happy.

My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too.

When I'm sitting in a casting room in Paris, I'm not the thinnest model. Sometimes I'm not the most flat-chested, either.

I do have to thank my mother for my eyebrows.

All human beings deserve equal treatment, no matter their gender identity or sexuality.

Being a bride for Gaultier was a very special moment for me.

I didn't know if I could have a career in fashion; I didn't fit in an obvious box.

It just so happens that some of the things I like are feminine.

I want to keep sharing my story in the hope that young trans people or just people who feel different or ostracized have something to look up to.