Just as bloggers have stopped mentioning Crystal Renn’s fluctuating weight, now that she is a size 2 or so, and apparently stable in stature, I wonder if the lovely Lea T will become a model, rather than the transsexual model. The 29-year-old Givenchy muse has undergone sex change surgery and is fully functioning as a female — or well on the way in her healing process.

Terry Richardson shot Lea T with fellow Brazilian Marion Teixeira and a group of sexy, spirited guys and girls, romping on the beach in Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro. All fun and frolic supports the Blue Man swimwear label.

Lea T — along with Andrej Pejic — a favorite model at AOC, appeared on Oprah in February this year, generating the greatest hour of traffic in our history.

Today will be our single biggest day without a big story or event, but it’s a low-key fact that Lea T’s former appearance at Alexandre Herchcovitch’s Sao Paulo Fashion Week show is our top story today. Link also goes to Oprah interview.

From all she’s said, Lea T is ready to get on with her life as a woman, in what has been a psychologically-challenged, personal struggle to become her real self. I pray that we let her do just that. Anne

PS: I will write about vaginoplasty in the coming weeks. This article on the University of Michigan website appears to be a good one, explaining the procedure.

Read ALL AOC Lea T articles and fashion editorials

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More Lea T

Lea T | Antony Maule | Numero #124 June/July | YSL Memoir

Lea T | Fabio Bartelt | ‘Transreal’ | ffw magazine #24

Lea T | Stephan Moro | New York Times Style

Lea T & Oprah | Viewers Seek To Understand Gender Identity Disorder

Lea T, Anja Rubik, Karen Elson | Mert & Marcus | LOVE Magazine S/S 2011

After the endless buildup, LOVE S/S 2011 is out. The first images of Lea T, Kate Moss & Natalia Vodianova are sensually gorgeous and unexpectedly artistic.