Andreja Pejić
Australian model and actress (born 1991)
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- Andreja Pejić ( ən- DRAY -ə PEJ -ik , Serbo-Croatian: [ǎndreja pêːjitɕ] ; born Andrej Pejić ; on 28 August 1991) is an Australian actress and former model.
- Early life Pejić was born in Tuzla, Yugoslavia (now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina), and has one older brother, Igor.
- The couple divorced shortly after Pejić's birth.
- After the refugee camp, the family settled in the Vojska village near Svilajnac.
- In 2000, the family moved to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, as political refugees when she was eight years old.
Andreja Pejić ( ən-DRAY-ə PEJ-ik, Serbo-Croatian: [ǎndreja pêːjitɕ]; born Andrej Pejić; on 28 August 1991) is an Australian actress and former model. Since coming out as a trans woman in 2013, she has become one of the most recognisable transgender models in the world.
Early life
Pejić was born in Tuzla, Yugoslavia (now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina), and has one older brother, Igor. Her mother, Jadranka Savić, is a Serb, and her father, Vlado Pejić, is a Bosnian Croat. The couple divorced shortly after Pejić's birth. During the Bosnian War, the siblings fled to Serbia with their mother and grandmother, settling in a refugee camp near Belgrade. After the refugee camp, the family settled in the Vojska village near Svilajnac.
Following the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, Pejić's mother felt unsafe and decided to initiate the process of immigration to Australia. In 2000, the family moved to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, as political refugees when she was eight years old.
While attending high school at University High, Pejić was described as being "academically brilliant".
Career
Pejić was scouted as a model just before her 17th birthday while working at McDonald's, though she has also said in an interview that she was scouted at a swimming pool while still in high school in Melbourne.
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