'I am a beautiful woman and people should respect me for that': Transgender glamour model, 23, born into strict Muslim family hopes to become next Miss World
'I am a beautiful woman and people should respect me for
that': Transgender glamour model, 23, born into strict Muslim family
hopes to become next Miss World
Amelia Maltepe, 23, is originally from strict Muslim family in Bangladesh
Always felt she was trapped in wrong body
Spent £8,000 on breast implants and £2,000 on laser hair removal
Has caused controversy posing for glamour shoots
Now wants to enter Miss World
Yet to have full gender reassignment surgery
Her boyfriend is very proud of her modelling career
A glamour model has her hopes set on winning the coveted Miss World title - even though she was born male.
Amelia
Maltepe, originally from a strict Muslim family in Bangladesh, spent
£8,000 on breast implants in 2012 to give her a 34D chest.
Now
the 23-year-old business accounting student, who lives with personal
trainer boyfriend Charles Dubuc, 27, has her eyes set on the world's
most famous beauty pageant.
The transgender model, who was born as a boy named Adesh in Bangladesh
(L), says she always felt as though she was in the wrong body
Amelia has spent £6,000
on her breasts and £2,000 on laser hair removal, and since appeared in
glamour shoots in the hope of making it in the modelling world
She said: 'It was the first time I realised you could use surgery and medicine to change your birth gender.
'It was an amazing moment and I felt like I could finally be the person I always was.'
After beginning a course of hormones to alter her body, Amelia opted for breast implants two months later.
And
since spending £6,000 on her breasts and £2,000 on laser hair removal,
Amelia has appeared in glamour shoots in the hope of making it in the
modelling world.
This
year she plans to enter beauty competitions like her inspiration,
Canadian transgender model Jenna Talackova, who last year won a legal
battle to be allowed to enter Miss Universe Canada.
The transgender model, who was born as a boy named Adesh in Bangladesh
(L), says she always felt as though she was in the wrong body
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