Anjali Lama Explained

Anjali Lama
Native Name:अञ्जली लामा
Birth Place:Nuwakot District, Kingdom of Nepal
Nationality:Nepal
Known For:Nepal's first transgender model
Hair Color:Black

Anjali Lama (Nepali: अञ्जली लामा; born) is Nepal's first transgender model and a transgender rights activist.

Early life

Lama was born into a farming family in Nuwakot District and was the fifth of seven siblings.[1] [2] She was gender variant as a youth, and her perceived effeminacy was mocked by family members, teachers, and schoolmates.[3] She left Nuwakot at age 18 and moved to Kathmandu, where she says she experienced "mental torture" due to incongruence with her gender identity.[4] [5] She was dismissed from her job in a hotel as the staff did not accept Lama presenting as feminine.

Coming out and modelling career

When Lama moved to Kathmandu, she watched Sangharsha, a television show about transgender people, and identified with the people on the show.[6] At the suggestion of other trans women she had met, Lama became involved with the Blue Diamond Society, an LGBT group in Nepal.[7] Despite initially being outed and rejected by her family once a member of her village told them she was trans, she told her family she was a trans woman in 2005.[7]

She later joined a modelling agency in the city.[8] Her early years modelling were difficult, as she experienced career discrimination due to being a trans woman.[9] In 2007, Lama competed in Miss International Queen[10] and in 2010, she made her catwalk debut.

A 50-minute-long documentary film was made about Lama titled Living Inside Someone Else's Skin.[11] [12]

In 2017, she became well-known as the first transgender model to feature at the Lakmé Fashion Week show in India.[13] [14] [15] That year, she appeared on the cover of Elle India[16] and worked with Calvin Klein in 2019, becoming the first trans model from the Indian subcontinent to be featured in an international brand campaign,[17] and was announced to appear in the all-women Hollywood film Women's Stories in 2021.[18]

Notes and References

  1. News: Anjali Lama . www.platform-mag.com . 21 January 2024 . 4 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230204222935/https://www.platform-mag.com/fashion/anjali-lama.html . live .
  2. News: Dubey . Shilpa . Anjali Lama: I couldn't relate to my birth gender . Femina . 30 October 2019 . en . 21 January 2024 . 21 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210921181459/https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/anjali-lama-i-couldnt-relate-to-my-birth-gender-138861.html . live .
  3. News: Shah . Manali . Anjali Lama, first transgender model at LFW, moves to Mumbai: Never been so busy . . 11 February 2017 . 21 January 2024 . 5 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231005014742/https://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/anjali-lama-first-transgender-model-at-lfw-moves-to-mumbai-i-ve-never-been-this-busy/story-QF1HVOyvmDsM60r7DPO10K.html . live .
  4. News: Jamshed . Zahra . Arora . Medhavi . Transgender model makes history at Lakmé Fashion Week . CNN . 3 February 2017 . 21 January 2024 . 29 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230929183040/https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/anjali-lama-transgender-model-india-lakme-fashion-week/index.html . live .
  5. News: Nepal's Anjali Lama becomes first transgender model to walk Lakme Fashion Week . . 3 February 2017 . en . 21 January 2024 . 9 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180109101609/http://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/nepal-s-anjali-lama-becomes-first-transgender-model-to-walk-lakme-fashion-week/story-KvuSJMHMRwRbcHX5c3O2ZK.html . live .
  6. News: A transgender model will star in India's premier fashion show . . 19 January 2017 . en . 21 January 2024 . 18 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190518194400/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/a-transgender-model-born-in-a-poor-nepali-village-will-star-in-india-s-premier-fashion-show-a7529121.html . live .
  7. News: India's first transgender model has made her catwalk debut . . . 3 February 2017 . 21 January 2024 . 24 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211024021431/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/anjali-lama-india-first-transgender-model-debut-lakme-fashion-week-catwalk-mumbai-a7561281.html . live .
  8. News: One of the world's most homophobic countries is about to have a transgender model appear at fashion week . The Independent . 9 January 2017 . 21 January 2024 . 30 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230630232549/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-transgender-model-anjali-lama-homophobia-lakma-fashion-week-style-lgbt-rights-nepalese-trans-a7517481.html . live .
  9. News: Borges . Andre . Everything You Need To Know About Anjali Lama, The Transgender Model Who Lit Up Lakmé Fashion Week . . 6 February 2017 . 21 January 2024 . 2 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230502152828/https://www.buzzfeed.com/andreborges/everything-you-need-to-know-about-anjali-lama-the-transgende . live .
  10. Web site: Nepal's Gender Benders . MySinchew . 13 October 2014 . 2 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141102090455/http://www.mysinchew.com/node/5242?tid=11 . live .
  11. http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/09/11/capital/documentary-showcases-transgenders-struggle/394883.html "Documentary showcases transgender's struggle"
  12. Web site: 'Anjali' to premiere on September 18 . Nepal Republic Media . 13 October 2014 . 17 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141017024659/http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=82904 . live .
  13. News: Nepal transgender model dazzles India . . 21 February 2017 . 21 January 2024 . 29 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211129222405/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-38992923 . live .
  14. News: Anjali Lama–Nepal's first transgender model—makes her New York Fashion Week debut for Prabal Gurung . . 17 February 2022 . en-IN . 21 January 2024 . 25 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230925071807/https://www.vogue.in/fashion/content/anjali-lama-nepals-first-transgender-model-makes-her-new-york-fashion-week-debut-for-prabal-gurung . live .
  15. News: Tan . Azrin . "I would like to see equal opportunities regardless of gender identity": Anjali Lama on being a transgender model in the fashion industry . . 28 June 2022 . 21 January 2024 . 1 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231201193602/https://vogue.sg/anjali-lama-transgender-model/ . live .
  16. News: After walking for LFW 2017, transgender model Anjali Lama looks all polished on a major magazine cover . . 8 February 2017 . en . 21 January 2024 . 8 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170208155749/http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/after-walking-for-lfw-2017-transgender-model-anjali-lama-looks-all-polished-on-a-major-magazine-cover-4514509/ . live .
  17. News: Fatima . Nishat . Transgender model Anjali Lama on going international . . 8 March 2019 . 21 January 2024 . 28 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230928134719/https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/fashion/transgender-model-anjali-lama-goes-internation/article26469021.ece . live .
  18. News: Nepali model Anjali Lama to feature in a Hollywood movie . . 27 January 2021 . 21 January 2024 . 18 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220518190427/https://thehimalayantimes.com/entertainment/nepali-model-anjali-lama-to-feature-in-a-hollywood-movie . live .

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