2014年9月15日 星期一

2014-9-8 'Will the fashion industry reject me as a woman?' ✍

Appeal: Transgender model Andreja Pejic (pictured) has launched a Kickstarter campaign in the hopes of funding Andrej(a), a film which will explore her life following her recent sexual reassignment surgery

Miss Pejic and her filmmaker friend Michael Hirschorn have already been shooting footage for the documentary for two years, covering her last few photo shoots as a male model, her sexual reassignment surgery and her big reveal to the public.

In order to film the next six months, the team is appealing for $200,000 in funding, and have so far raised $16,733, with 32 days left on the clock.

Miss Pejic - who rose to fame as an androgynous male model - is still unsure as to whether the fashion industry will accept her as a female, or whether much of her appeal will now be lost. This upcoming chapter, she says, will be crucial to the documentary


 
Then and now: Miss Pejic was born a boy and grew up in a war-torn refugee camp in Serbia (left). She later moved to Australia and was scouted while working at McDonald's. Pictured (right) two weeks ago

Defining moment: Miss Pejic chose to go public with the news of her sexual reassignment surgery earlier this year (pictured), and now reveals it was against the advice of her agents

A trailer for the film sees Miss Pejic look back upon her humble beginnings as a young boy growing up in a Serbian refugee camp, her family having been 'torn apart' by war.

Miss Pejic later moved with her mother, with whom she is very close, to Australia; where she was discovered by a talent scout - true to cliché - working in McDonald's.

After New York Magazine put her, (then, him) on its cover in 2011 and crowned her 'The Prettiest Boy in the World,' Miss Pejic's niche had seemingly been set in stone. 




 
Candid: 'I hope that by sharing my humanity, pain, tears, laughter, joy, and biggest struggles on film, it will shed light on what it means to live as a transgender individual,' Miss Pejic says

Looking good: Miss Pejic is still unsure as to whether the fashion industry will accept her as a female, instead of an androgynous male. Pictured last week (left) and in April (right)

'If she wanted to remain a success, she had to remain a boy,' her Kickstarter campaign reads. 'Her agents said it. The press said it. The world expected it. Most importantly, her family relied on it.'

Speaking to The New York Times last week, Miss Pejic said: 'There are agents that would tell me: "Don’t ever do it. Don’t transition. You’ll lose everything”.'

 If she wanted to remain a success, she had to remain a boy. Her agents said it. The press said it. The world expected it

But transition she did, and this weekend, Miss Peijic announced she had left her former agency, DNA, to join The Society - an all woman's agency - as a solely female model. On Saturday, she posted her new photo card to her Instagram account with the caption: 'New agency! New life!' 

'When I was little, I dreamed of being a girl. In fact that was my biggest dream,' Miss Pejic says in a scene from her trailer, seemingly shortly before her life-changing surgery. 'It's a goal I've had my whole life. It's all been kind of leading up to this.'

In a following photo, she is sprawled out on a hospital bed, hooked up to an I.V., and in one scene, she is hunched up in a hotel room weeping, and muttering: 'I really miss my mom.'

In another, Miss Pejic dives into her agonizing decision as to whether or not to tell people, her agent included, about her transition post surgery.



'We live in a world that doesn't like, trust, or respect transgender people,' she says. 'It felt like there were two options for me.

'I could transition, forget about my past, hide it, live in fear. Or I could be proud, share my story with the world and hope that it does some good.'

Ultimately, it was Mr Hirschorn who convinced Miss Pejic to not only tell her agent and her business associates, but to tell the whole world her story.

'This is a powerful part of an immensely courageous journey, we need to film this!' she recalls him telling her. 'You know how many trans people - and people in general - are out there hiding, forced to live as someone they are not? You could give them hope by going public about this.'


Miss Pejic claims to have turned down offers from 'large global networks,' eager to swoop in on her story, but has opted to go down the road of independent film making instead, so as to 'maintain creative control.'

She insists that she and her team are contributing their own money to finish the documentary, but can't afford to cover the full costs.

Miss Pejic is offering a variety of rewards for healthy donations, including signed merchandise, a Google Hangout with herself; or, for pledges of $10,000 or more, tickets to attend a show with her at London Fashion Week.

Whether Miss Pejic will appear in any of the shows herself, at this week's New York Fashion Week or in London, Paris or Milan, is a question left hanging.

If all goes ahead with the documentary however, these are the sorts of answers we can expect to have answered in intimate detail as the next chapter of her life unfolds. 


來源 MailOnline

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"時尚界是否會排拒我成為一位女性? "跨性模特Andreja Pejic透過Kickstarter募集紀錄片資金,關於她出生時作為一位男孩,難民營的生活經歷到日後成為一位雌雄莫辨的模特,以及跨性的這段旅程,現在她將只從事女模的工作,Pejic小姐正透過Kickstarter募集20萬美元的資金,透過紀錄片述說這段非凡的故事。
跨性模特Andreja Peijc已在Kickstarter展開為Andrej(a)紀錄片募集資金的計劃,關於她從雌雄莫辨的中性到成為一位成熟女性的故事,這位23歲金髮藍眼的模特在今年稍早公開她已跨性的的事,也提到她的經紀人曾對她建議,現在就公布太早了,妳的職業生涯可能會受影響。"我希望藉由分享我的humanity,疼痛、淚水、歡笑、喜悅以及奮鬥的時刻,來闡述跨性者的生活是何等樣貌。"Pejic小姐說。

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跨性模特Andreja Pejic(如圖)以在 Kickstarter募集Andrej(a)紀錄片資金,當中也包含她的變性手術。
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Pejic小姐和她的製片人友人Michael Hirschorn已經拍攝近兩年的時間,包含她最後以男模身分工作的記錄和她的變性手術,以及向大眾宣布這件事。
為了接下來6個月的拍攝,製作團隊還需20萬美元的資金,迄今已募得16733美元,剩下32天的時間。以雌雄莫辨男模成名的Pejic小姐,依舊不確定時尚界對她的轉變會如何回應,是否會失去更多的吸引力。這是一個即將展開的章節,她說,紀錄片將是個關鍵。

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過去與現在:出生時是個男孩的Pejic小姐,經歷在塞爾維亞發生的戰爭和難民營生活(圖左)。後來她移居到澳大利亞,在McDonald打工被模探發掘。(圖右)兩個星期前。
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決定的時刻:今年稍早Pejic小姐選擇向大眾宣布她的轉變(如圖),以及經紀公司對她的建議。
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預告片裡Pejic小姐回顧了一位在難民營成長的小男孩以及因為戰爭而破碎的家庭。後來她與母親一同移居到澳大利亞,她到底在哪被模探發掘的,陳腔濫調的事實-在McDonald打工時。之後,紐約雜誌讓她(當時是他),登上2011年的雜誌封封面並冠上"地球上最美的男孩"從那時,Pejic小姐的定位似乎就是如此。
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坦承:"我希望藉由分享我的humanity,疼痛、淚水、歡笑、喜悅以及奮鬥的時刻,來闡述跨性者的生活是何等樣貌。"Pejic小姐說。
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看來不錯:Pejic小姐依舊無法確定時尚界是否會接受她的轉變。上周(圖左)4月(圖右)
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"如果她想繼續保持成功,她必須依舊是個男孩,"在Kickstarter 釋出的影片中提到這點。
"她的經紀人這麼說。媒體也是如此。世界更是這樣看待。最重要的事,她的家庭需要這個(特點)。"上週在接受紐約時報訪問時,Pejic小姐說:"有經紀人告訴我:千萬不要這麼做,否則你會失去一切。"但她做了這個轉變,這個週末,Pejic小姐宣布,她已離開前經紀公司DNA,日後也完全投入女模的工作。上周六,在她發佈的新照片中寫到:"新的經紀公司!新生活!"
"我小的時候就夢想成為一個女孩,那幾乎是我畢生最大的夢想了,"在預告片裡Pejic小姐說到,而手術似乎也改變了她的生活。"這是我生命中的一個目標。一切都被引導到這個。"在下面的照片裡,她躺在醫院的病床上,在一個場景中,她在飯店的房間裡弓著背哭泣喃喃自語到:我真的很想念我媽媽。"
還有,Pejic小姐另一個痛苦決定是她要不要告訴別人這件事,包括她的經紀人在內,關於她的變性手術。

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如果她想繼續保持成功,她必須依舊是個男孩,她的經紀人這麼說。媒體也是如此。世界更是這樣期待。
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"我們生活在一個對跨性者缺乏信任和尊重的世界裡,她說。"當時對我來說就像有兩個選擇。"
"跨性後,遺忘過去並且隱藏這件事,然後活在恐懼中。"或者,我可以驕傲的向世界分享我的故事,並希望能變得更好。"最終, Hirschorn先生說服了Pejic小姐,別只是告訴經紀公司,更要向全世界述說她的故事。"這佔了這段勇敢旅程很大的一部分,我認為我們應該把它紀錄下來!她回憶他當時對她這麼說。"你知道有多少跨性人士(和一般人)總是把自己遮掩起來,無法活出自己。你的這段歷程可以帶給他們希望。"
Pejic小姐聲明,他們拒絕了贊助,而是選擇了獨立製片的方式來保持"創意的彈性"。
她也表示,她與製作團隊都會為資金盡一份心力,但他們無法負擔整個成本。Pejic小姐也提供了許多回饋方案,商品簽名,視訊或者一萬美元的集資與她一同參加倫敦的時裝週。
無論Pejic小姐是否會現身在本季紐約、倫敦、巴黎或米蘭的時裝週,一切都還是未知的答案。
如果紀錄片的進展順利,任何問題,我們也能得到詳細的解答並看到她人生下一章節會如何的展開。

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2019-5-24 Sunday Life

3、4月時,Andreja曾待在澳洲一段時間 當時也有看到分享一些拍攝中的影片,這個就是當時之一。