Who is Valentijn De Hingh?
Valentijn De Hingh is a Dutch student and model. De Hingh became famous because of the documentary ‘Valentijn‘ that followed her for 9 years, documenting her life as a transgender child. After her gender reassignment surgery in 2007 she started working as a model for clients such as Maison Martin Margiela and Love Magazine. She won the Elle Personal Style Award in january 2012.
Why should you listen to her?
Gender seems very black and white. You’re either a boy or a girl, man or woman. The story of Valentijn shows it’s not that easy to define gender. She will share her personal story at TEDxAmsterdam and talk about her ideas on gender.
Quotes by Valentijn De Hingh
“I don’t feel like I’m a victim of my own fate or something.”
Interview in Dutch television show “24 uur met”
More about this speaker
Follow the adventures of Valentijn as model on the ELLE-blog (Dutch)
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