Pari Roehi - Mein bunter Schatten

2016, German, Pari Roehi,

Original title: "Mein bunter Schatten: Lebensweg einer Transgender-Frau" (My colorful shadow: the life journey of a transgender woman) by Pari Roehi.

Pari is born in a boy's body. From an early age, she senses that she is different. After fleeing Iran to the Netherlands, she grew up in refugee homes, not only had to find her way in the new culture but also had to deal with a body that was alien to her.

She constantly tests boundaries, offends, and is in search of identity. She never wants to live as a man, she knows that. But the road to womanhood is long and difficult. Pari goes it – and arrives: self-determined, happy, and whole.

"According to her bio on the IMDB website, born in Iran, Pari Roehi arrived in the Netherlands as a refugee aged just four. From those earliest memories, she knew she was female, despite being assigned male at birth. She embraced this through difficult times at school, starting a modeling career at 16 while transitioning. In late 2012 Roehi moved to Berlin, Germany and by 2015 she became the first Transgender contestant on Germany's Next Topmodel by Heidi Klum.

Ever since she has used her visibility to discuss trans issues and by 2016 published an autobiography, "Mein Bunter Schatten - Lebensweg einer Transgender Frau", making her a powerful voice for a generation that still faces prejudice. Refinery29 named her one of Germany's most inspiring women. Roehi has been featured in international magazines such as Vogue Germany, Elle, Cosmopolitan, I-D.Vice, Candy, Grazia, Vanity Fair Italia, Marie Claire Italia, Instyle, just to name a few. Her clientele ranges from Netflix, Tinder, TLC, Karen Millen, Levis. In May 2020 she became one of the new faces of Pantene Pro-V."

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The photo via Instagram.