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An American that transforms himself into a living doll by squeezing into a second skin has said that he is regarded in a totally different manner when ‘masking’ as a “sexy female”.

Going by the name Dominique, the burly subject of an upcoming Channel 4 documentary added that observers are left astonished when they realise that “a large black man” is inside the elaborate rubber suit.

“When I walk into a place, they see a large black man and automatically think, 'He's going to rob me'. Whereas, as a female, they're like, 'Oh she's really sexy, she's really cute, she's really curvy',” she says.

Dominque adds: “I notice that when I'm a sexy female, I get treated completely differently.

“For people to realise that this beautiful big white woman is actually a black man is mind-blowing.”

The documentary will enter the secret world of female masking, meeting men coming to terms with what has, for many, become an all-consuming hobby, spending thousands of hours and hundreds of pounds creating alter-egos for their own fantasy woman.

But New Yorker Dominque seems to dismiss the compatibility of her lifestyle with a lasting relationship.

"I think it would be really hard to keep the relationship going for a really long time,” she says.

“I know plenty of maskers that have given up masking for their girlfriends or boyfriends or wives. They've purged everything that they had. Threw out all their masks, threw out all their clothes and then that urge came back... Then it completely destroyed their relationship.”

* Secrets of the Living Dolls is on Channel 4, Monday 6 January, at 10pm