'Viktor wants nothing more than to be a girl, he knew that even as a small child. But the way there is rocky. The father: a career soldier obsessed with masculinity. The mother: a weak character. The only reliable support is the resolute Aunt Christa. She takes her under her wing, gives her an understanding home, gets her an apprenticeship as a hairdresser, and supports her when she is accidentally spotted by a photographer.
Even before Viktor's surgical transformation into Valeska, the young woman started an international career as a model - and at a time when transsexual models were still taboo, when dealing with their agencies, customers, and colleagues, they still had to hide their transgender status at all costs.
Her pictures were in major fashion magazines such as ELLE or VOGUE, her face is associated with advertising campaigns such as that for "Ivoire de Balmain", she presented women's fashion by Gaultier, Mugler, and Lagerfeld at the prêt-à-porter shows before and after her operation, Chanel, Dior, Kenzo, and Claude Montana - the list could go on: a far better therapy than visiting various psychologists.'
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