Givenchy supermodel -- used to be a man! [PHOTO]

The Sun 08/02/2010 14:58

A FRENCH fashion house has caused a stir after announcing its latest stunning supermodel signing used to be a MAN.

Brazilian bombshell Lea T was plucked from the backroom staff of posh fashion giant Givenchy to star in its ad campaigns.

The leggy brunette — born a man called Leandro Cerezo — will also soon appear in Italian Vanity Fair and has posed naked for French Vogue.

Lea, 28, is currently having hormone replacement therapy before undergoing a sex change operation.

The beauty said the transformation has meant she has been shunned by her strict Catholic family — including her dad — former Brazil international footballer Toninho Cerezo.

(...) Givenchy's creative director, Riccardo Tisci, said of Lea: "She's a true goddess.

"She's always been very feminine - super-fragile, very aristocratic."

Model ... transsexual Lea T (second from right)

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