Evie, the middle child in an Australian family of five, says she knew she wanted to be a girl from the age of two.

“You feel you’re different and you don’t want to be who you are, you want to change,” she told Channel 9’s Inside Story.

She grew up as a boy named Ethan, but her family say they always noticed that she was female orientated.

Evie always knew she was meant to a girl. (Inside Story)

“Ethan was always gentle to me, Ethan has always been Evie,” her father Scott said.

Evie had to convince her family she was born in the wrong gender which wasn’t an easy task.

“She had to fight to become who she is, she made us all listen and that comes down to her being so strong willed,” her mother Meagan said.

“I kept thinking it’s alright, once she gets to school, she’ll have to play with the boys and they will sort her out and teach her how to be a boy.”

Psychiatrist Stephen Stathis said it’s not uncommon for children to become aware of gender at a very young age.

Dad Scott found Evie was always more feminine. (Inside Story)

“Children become aware that they are transgendered or non-conforming from as young as the age of two or three,” he said.

Evie has been supported by a role model and mentor, Australian supermodel Andrea Pejic, who is also a transgender woman.

Mum Meagan has support her child through the whole process. (Inside Story)

“I’m quite jealous of her experience when I was growing up there weren’t many public figures and there wasn’t much information,” she said.

Her parents plan on giving her puberty blockers when Evie starts to hit puberty to allow her more time to think about the future.

Ethan transitioned to Evie and has been happy ever since. (Inside Story)

Before that time comes, the 10-year-old continues to live the life of a happy young girl.