usi On Monday, 31 January 2011
Lea T represents French brand Givenchy and now when all eyes are at the Winter 2011 Sao Paulo Fashion Week that kicks off Friday, in her native Brazil, she is a new runway star.She walked in a long, black dress with ornate sleeves for designer Alexandre Herchcovitch's.
Transsexual model Lea T kissed Kate Moss passionately on Love's cover.The ladies have been captured in a role reversal controversial photo. Kate has been cast as the "male" while Lea T plays "the female". Due to this magazine cover and other high-profile appearances on the European market in recent months, the Brazilian model has become a rising figure on the global fashion stage.
She was born Leandro Cerezo as the son of soccer star Toninho Cerezo, but left Brazil for Italy when embarking on her modeling career, citing treatment over her transgender nature and questions swirling over her sexual orientation.
Lea T. now returns home to grace the fashion week runway for the first time as a leading figure, promising to be one of the most photographed models at the event