Transgender, androgyne, and age model - about change and self-acceptance
The profession of the model is one of the few that involve numerous reincarnations in plain sight of thousands of people. For a joint project with MAKE UP FOR EVER, we found three public heroes with different stories and asked them what transformations they went through and why you should never be afraid of changes in life.
Karina Minaeva
Irina Belysheva
Tim Marso
Karina Minaeva
Once I wanted to connect life with medicine, I graduated from Evpatoria College, even worked for some time in a children's hospital.
+bring a photo-postpone photoAbout medicine and model career
Once I wanted to connect life with medicine, I graduated from Evpatoria College, even worked for some time in a children's hospital. But then I wanted to try something else, went to the school of stylists. From childhood I liked to make people feel more beautiful, so then I worked as a hairdresser for five years. At the same time, I went to a model school, and this was the beginning of my modeling career.
Now I want to open my model school or beauty studio. Ideally, both. I also want to travel. I was only in Poland, starred there in the artistic festival film "New World" in the title role, so I got an acting experience. I have a simple philosophy: life is one, and, while there is time, you need to try everything.
About transgender transition
As a child, I felt that I was a girl who was born in a male body. It was difficult then, because I did not understand how this could be and why I am so different from other children. I was not accepted at school, often insulted, but I always knew that the problem was not with me. Today I am happy, and many people look to me and ask for advice. I think I'm even ready to start a family. I advise everyone to accept myself as they are, not to listen to anyone and do what they consider necessary.
The decision on the transgender transition appeared already at a mature age, when I realized that I did not want to live differently. I didn’t have support from the family, so the whole process had to be done independently. There was a fear of being alone, but I always understood who I was and that these were temporary difficulties. However, I did not have any particularly difficult situations, I did not encounter any violence. Many people experience problems more seriously.
Transgender Transition Decision came at a mature age when I realized that I did not want to live differently
About appearance and personal care
In society, appearance is very important, everyone wants to look better. I know people who are so dissatisfied with themselves that they turn to surgeons. But it seems to me that appearance is not the main thing. You have to accept yourself as you are, appreciate not only external, but also internal beauty.
Proper nutrition and sport, however, has not been canceled. I am often asked about my diet. I try to eat healthy food: I do not eat canned food, fatty food, I drink up to two liters of water every day. In addition, I run and go to yoga, I like how it helps to stretch the muscles.
I choose cosmetics according to several simple principles: it should not irritate the skin, it has a good value for money, it protects carefully in the winter. I use facial wash, moisturizing cream, periodically make masks for hair and face. Of decorative cosmetics often choose eyeliner, lipstick natural colors and mascara.
Irina Belysheva
Many have difficulty with growing up, it is difficult to accept the fact that they are no longer young, but not me.
+bring a photo-postpone photoMany have difficulty with growing up, it is difficult to accept the fact that they are no longer young, but not me. All in our head. Your value as a person does not diminish with age, so why be afraid of aging?
I feel at 30. I think this is largely due to the fact that at some point I decided to give up bad habits. People usually hold on to them, thinking, apparently, that otherwise they will be unhappy. But - and I understand that this sounds trivial, - good habits bring more happiness than bad ones. For me, happiness is Pilates, push-ups, hot showers, and cold water dousing. I train every day for ten years, and I want more and more. I want my face to be young, and I do gymnastics in the morning and in the evening. My friends say they don’t find time for themselves, but it seems to me that this is a matter of priorities.
Your value as a person with age does not decrease
About model career
At some point, I presented how I would become a sought-after and highly paid model, including to inspire women over 50 to take a positive approach to life. Well, once introduced - it is necessary to do.
I called the very first agency that I found on the Internet. I reluctantly told me to send photos. After 30 seconds, I filled them with pictures, and after another 30, they called me and told me to urgently come. True, I was warned that, since I was "exclusive", there would be few orders. And indeed, more than three months there have been no offers. Then I went to study. I went to the school of models of Slava Zaitsev. I talked to the director, and under my pressure they took me to individual training. By the way, an hour and a half on the catwalk on 12-inch heels (despite the fact that I do fitness every day) is not as easy as many might think. But I'm glad I started it all. It seems to me that my example is important not even for women over 50, but for young people.
Twice a month I star in the show "Fashion sentence". Presenter Alexander Vasilyev says to me, they say, you are all prettier and prettier. But I think that these are not compliments, but a statement of fact. I put a lot of effort and see the result.
About cosmetics
Self-care is very important to me. Every day I definitely get exercise on all parts of my body and face. This rule is never violated. I also recently started taking supplements. Maybe because of them it is now very easy for me to get up at six in the morning, even in winter. Previously, I was skeptical of them, apparently affected by memories of dubious products from the 1990s.
I used to have cheap, random makeup. Then I realized that she still does not suit me, I love to care for my skin and always follow the appearance. In the store, a consultant picked me up everything: tone, lipstick, mascara, creams. True, I do not use the images that she offered me - for me they are excessive. Just guided by your taste. I go to the shooting without makeup, this is a requirement for the model.
Tim Marso
Once my friend said she would go to the casting agency, I wondered where.
+bring a photo-postpone photoAbout model career
One day my friend said she would go to the casting agency, and I asked where. This turned out to be an agency with non-standard models of different ages, height, with and without tattoos. On the advice of friends, I also decided to try, they took me. I work with him for the second year.
I have many friends of make-up artists, bookers, agency workers. Friends said that I couldn’t send me to a regular model agency, because my height was low and tattoos were in the way. I never considered my appearance unusual. Everyone has different ideas about beauty, so it seems to me that it is more important what a person does and how he does it.
Previously, I was engaged in photography: for some time I watched the work of professionals at the shooting, then it became interesting that I could do it myself. He began to shoot and even earned a little on model tests for agencies. Now I also take pictures sometimes. I think everyone can do what he wants. In general, the only unloved activity in life was the school, after it I always did what I liked.
I am participating in filming and in shows - both male and female. I am interested in reincarnation
About reincarnation
I participate in the filming and shows - both male and female. This is interesting to me first of all by the possibility of reincarnation. I perceive this process as creativity, so do not be afraid of anything. The artist is not afraid to draw. So make-up artists, models and photographers are not afraid to show themselves in order to end up with something cool. I remember, on one shoot, I even found out how hard it is for brides in dresses with a corset - they were shooting advertising for the wedding salon.
It seems to us now that on the shooting there is a transformation from male to female. In the past, men even wore heels. I have never had installations that something in the world is created only for guys, and something for girls. It seems to me that in every person there is something from a man and from a woman. Like a child who is told that his lips are like his mother’s, and his eyes are like his father’s.
My mother was often told about me: "What a beautiful girl you have." Especially in summer, when my hair was burnt out and my hair was like a square. And in adulthood often confused with a girl. But it never bothered me. If a person speaks without aggression, how can this offend?
About cosmetics
I do not have so much makeup, I have a classic nourishing cream, I use it before going to bed. I also use serum for eyelashes and eyebrows. Makeup I do only during the filming. The only thing I do before leaving the house is using eyebrow gel. I also try to drink water, freshly squeezed juices that I make myself. The main thing - do not shoot down the regime, get enough sleep and eat often, but little by little.
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