QUOTE: Actress LENA HORNE

"IT'S NOT THE LOAD THAT BEARS YOU DOWN...IT'S THE WAY YOU CARRY IT!" Actress LENA HORNE

LEA T WAS NOT THE FIRST...BOY TO MODEL AS A GIRL

LEA T is beautiful!

GAKU was also stunning!

Andre J is bearded and less femme as Lea T or Gaku!

All have something in common, they’re MEN!

And all have modeled as WOMEN!

Lea T (Brazilian) is the latest guy to model as a girl in the high stakes world of fashion and makes the grades with campaigns such as GIVENCHY and the pages of FRENCH VOGUE! Gaku from Japan kept tongues wagging in the JIGSAW campaigns in the late 90’s, fashion magazines such as ID and television crews including E Entertainment and the English tabloids such as The INDEPENDENT gawking over his stunning lithe Japanese body as he saunters down the catwalks in Europe. Then in 2007, ANDRE J an African American stunned the fashion world when he graced the cover of FRENCH VOGUE in a blue dress, heels and Louise Brooks wig (with beard intact – and every other part)!

Then there are the others such as Amanda Lepore, Connie, etc who’s modeled for star photographer David LaChapelle and numerous lens men!

Then, there is a famous judge on a fashion program that is rumored to have walked the catwalks in the 80’s to early 90’s for Paris top fashion designers as a woman regale and all in every designer collection on the catwalks.

Now the world media celebrates LEA T also (but not as the first known guy to do so), let’s acknowledge those that were around before that held their heads high (make-up and hair also), heels intact and everything tucked away while prancing down the catwalks smiling like a Cheshire cat giving buyers, editors and Joe public a jolt of joie de vie!

Photo of LEA T by Inez Van Lamsweerde (Sept 2010)

Photo of ANDRE J by Bruce Weber (2007)

GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL!!! A PENALTY KICK BY SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 2011 Cover Girl IRINA SHAYK

GGGOOOOOOOOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!!!!!!

Portugal's soccer star CRISTIANO RONALDO'S babe IRINA SHAYK scored the biggest GOAL of her career not only as a model but as a 'WAG' (def 'Wife and Girlfriend') on the cover of America's favorite sport's mag, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED!!!

Who wouldn't have loved to be the goalkeeper when IRINA took that SHOT?!!! We certainly would have fouled her every chance we could just to have her take that penalty shot!

From our angle, it was definitely a penalty shot!

Next up, Cristiano himself; we hope he can continue to score just as great on the field as he does with IRINA off field!

Photographer: BJORN IOOSS

'TWILIGHT' Actress ASHLEY GREENE Avon MARK Spokesmodel - shoot produced by BARRINGTON

Actress ASHLEY GREENE of 'TWILIGHT' & Spokesmodel for Avon MARK line photographed by PATRICK DEMARCHELIER.

Shoot produced by Tyron Barrington / BARRINGTON Group.