Andreja Pejic's First Beauty Campaign Is as Breathtaking as You Thought It Would Be

Andreja Pejic Make Up For Ever - First Transgender Model Beauty Campaign

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By Chelsea Peng

last updated 1 August 2021

Update, 6/4: Behold: the first pics from Andreja Pejic's historic, gorgeous Make Up For Ever campaign.

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The beauty brand unveiled the images Wednesday in a video also starring actress and fashion blogger Jamie Chung.

That smokey eye and orange lip, tho—told you that old makeup rule (opens in new tab) was *so* donezo.

Original post, 4/21: Tucked nonchalantly into a massive feature was a little sentence containing a huge piece of news: This year, Andreja Pejic will become one of the first transgender models to star in a major beauty campaign.

In a story published Tuesday, Vogue revealed (opens in new tab) the 23-year-old Bosnian stunner has signed on as the face of Make Up For Ever, following in the footsteps of Lea T, who made waves last year when Redken hired her as a spokesperson, and, more recently, YouTube personality Jazz Jennings, whom Clean & Clear tapped for its "See the Real Me" ads.

Brava. With this historic deal, we're ever closer to where we ought to be: celebrating the idea that there's not just one definition of beauty (opens in new tab).

Chelsea Peng is a writer and editor who was formerly the assistant editor at MarieClaire.com. She's also worked for The Strategist and Refinery29, and is a graduate of Northwestern University. On her tombstone, she would like a GIF of herself that's better than the one that already exists on the Internet and a free fro-yo machine. Besides frozen dairy products, she's into pirates, carbs, Balzac, and snacking so hard she has to go lie down.