Anjali Lama

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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, holds a scarf up with another model as they wait to walk the ramp during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. Growing up as the fifth son in a poor farming family in rural Nepal the dream to be a fashion model came late in life. First came a long, painful struggle to accept that he felt deeply female. It was a chance encounter with a group of transgender women that turned Lama's life around by putting her in touch with the Blue Diamond Society, an advocacy group for Nepal's LGBT community. In 2005 she came out to her friends and family as a transgender woman. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, sits backstage as she waits to take part in a rehearsal during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. To model for Lakme Fashion Week, one of the highlights of India's fashion calendar, is Lama's big moment. It's a dream that was years in the making and often seemed far beyond the reach of Lama now being touted as the first transgender woman to model for the high fashion event sponsored by a top Indian cosmetics brand. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, holds a scarf up with another model as they wait to walk the ramp during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. Growing up as the fifth son in a poor farming family in rural Nepal the dream to be a fashion model came late in life. First came a long, painful struggle to accept that he felt deeply female. It was a chance encounter with a group of transgender women that turned Lama's life around by putting her in touch with the Blue Diamond Society, an advocacy group for Nepal's LGBT community. In 2005 she came out to her friends and family as a transgender woman. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, sits backstage as she waits to take part in a rehearsal during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. To model for Lakme Fashion Week, one of the highlights of India's fashion calendar, is Lama's big moment. It's a dream that was years in the making and often seemed far beyond the reach of Lama now being touted as the first transgender woman to model for the high fashion event sponsored by a top Indian cosmetics brand. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, right, a transgender model from Nepal, waits backstage for her turn to walk the ramp during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. To model for Lakme Fashion Week, one of the highlights of India's fashion calendar, is Lama's big moment. It's a dream that was years in the making and often seemed far beyond the reach of Lama now being touted as the first transgender woman to model for the high fashion event sponsored by a top Indian cosmetics brand. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Jan 30, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, speaks with another model during a trial event for Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. Growing up as the fifth son in a poor farming family in rural Nepal the dream to be a fashion model came late in life. First came a long, painful struggle to accept that he felt deeply female. It was a chance encounter with a group of transgender women that turned Lama's life around by putting her in touch with the Blue Diamond Society, an advocacy group for Nepal's LGBT community. In 2005 she came out to her friends and family as a transgender woman. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, looks at her mobile phone backstage during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. To model for Lakme Fashion Week, one of the highlights of India's fashion calendar, is Lama's big moment. It's a dream that was years in the making and often seemed far beyond the reach of Lama now being touted as the first transgender woman to model for the high fashion event sponsored by a top Indian cosmetics brand. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Feb. 2, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, walks the ramp at the Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. Growing up as the fifth son in a poor farming family in rural Nepal the dream to be a fashion model came late in life. First came a long, painful struggle to accept that he felt deeply female. It was a chance encounter with a group of transgender women that turned Lama's life around by putting her in touch with the Blue Diamond Society, an advocacy group for Nepal's LGBT community. In 2005 she came out to her friends and family as a transgender woman. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Feb. 2, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, stands backstage at the Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. Growing up as the fifth son in a poor farming family in rural Nepal the dream to be a fashion model came late in life. First came a long, painful struggle to accept that he felt deeply female. It was a chance encounter with a group of transgender women that turned Lama's life around by putting her in touch with the Blue Diamond Society, an advocacy group for Nepal's LGBT community. In 2005 she came out to her friends and family as a transgender woman. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, displays a creation by designer Gen Next during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. To model for Lakme Fashion Week, one of the highlights of India's fashion calendar, is Lama's big moment. It's a dream that was years in the making and often seemed far beyond the reach of Lama now being touted as the first transgender woman to model for the high fashion event sponsored by a top Indian cosmetics brand. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Feb. 2, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, left, a transgender model from Nepal arrives to take part in Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. Growing up as the fifth son in a poor farming family in rural Nepal the dream to be a fashion model came late in life. First came a long, painful struggle to accept that he felt deeply female. It was a chance encounter with a group of transgender women that turned Lama's life around by putting her in touch with the Blue Diamond Society, an advocacy group for Nepal's LGBT community. In 2005 she came out to her friends and family as a transgender woman. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, clasps her hands as she sits on stage during rehearsal for Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. Growing up as the fifth son in a poor farming family in rural Nepal the dream to be a fashion model came late in life. First came a long, painful struggle to accept that he felt deeply female. It was a chance encounter with a group of transgender women that turned Lama's life around by putting her in touch with the Blue Diamond Society, an advocacy group for Nepal's LGBT community. In 2005 she came out to her friends and family as a transgender woman. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, waits backstage for rehearsals during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. Growing up as the fifth son in a poor farming family in rural Nepal the dream to be a fashion model came late in life. First came a long, painful struggle to accept that he felt deeply female. It was a chance encounter with a group of transgender women that turned Lama's life around by putting her in touch with the Blue Diamond Society, an advocacy group for Nepal's LGBT community. In 2005 she came out to her friends and family as a transgender woman. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, holds a scarf up with another model as they wait to walk the ramp during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. Growing up as the fifth son in a poor farming family in rural Nepal the dream to be a fashion model came late in life. First came a long, painful struggle to accept that he felt deeply female. It was a chance encounter with a group of transgender women that turned Lama's life around by putting her in touch with the Blue Diamond Society, an advocacy group for Nepal's LGBT community. In 2005 she came out to her friends and family as a transgender woman. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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In this Jan 30, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, looks out of a window of a hotel during a trial event for Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. Growing up as the fifth son in a poor farming family in rural Nepal the dream to be a fashion model came late in life. First came a long, painful struggle to accept that he felt deeply female. It was a chance encounter with a group of transgender women that turned Lama's life around by putting her in touch with the Blue Diamond Society, an advocacy group for Nepal's LGBT community. In 2005 she came out to her friends and family as a transgender woman. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)