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Geena Rocero becomes first transgender, AAPI Playboy playmate
Geena Rocero becomes first transgender, AAPI Playboy playmate
Balitang America
Published Jun 16, 2019 01:55 PM PHT
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Updated Jun 16, 2019 03:30 PM PHT
In the modeling world – a Fil-Am model makes history becoming the first-ever transgender Asian Pacific Islander Playboy playmate.
In the modeling world – a Fil-Am model makes history becoming the first-ever transgender Asian Pacific Islander Playboy playmate.
Geena Rocero took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce the news that she is now a part of the Playboy family.
Geena Rocero took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce the news that she is now a part of the Playboy family.
Rocero came out as a trans-woman in a TED Talk back in 2014, and has since become an advocate for the trans community — openly sharing her experience and even co-founding a trans-focused production company called Gender Proud.
Rocero came out as a trans-woman in a TED Talk back in 2014, and has since become an advocate for the trans community — openly sharing her experience and even co-founding a trans-focused production company called Gender Proud.
Hailing from Manila, Rocero first migrated to the US when she was 17, and has since been pursuing a modeling career in New York.
Hailing from Manila, Rocero first migrated to the US when she was 17, and has since been pursuing a modeling career in New York.
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Rocero may be the first ever trans Asian Pacific Islander playmate, but she is the second openly transgender playmate — the first being French model Ines Rau.
Rocero may be the first ever trans Asian Pacific Islander playmate, but she is the second openly transgender playmate — the first being French model Ines Rau.
The summer 2019 Playboy Magazine will be released on June 18th.
The summer 2019 Playboy Magazine will be released on June 18th.
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