Valentijn De Hingh is a 21-year-old transgender model who has been followed as part of a documentary about the life of a transgender child, including all of the difficulties and stigmas that they often face.

Valentijn was an eight-year-old boy when she was filmed for the first time. Initially, the filming was for a television program about gender identity disorder in children.

Documentary maker Hetty Niesch then came with the idea of filming Valentijn for a longer period in order to make a documentary about her life in the long run and the decisions that she'd have to make in the future. That longer period turned out to be a filming period of nine years. The film debuted on Dutch television in 2007.

Valentijn had gender reassignment surgery just before the release of Niesch's documentary.

At the age of seventeen, 1.80 meters tall and with cheekbones which most other models would be envious of, it didn't take long before Valentijn signed up with a modeling agency in Amsterdam. Soon, she was sent to fashion shows in Paris. Eventually, Valentijn was deemed too tall, at 1.86 meters, for a serious career as a top model.

She enrolled in the University of Amsterdam to study literature science, hoping to pursue a career in fashion journalism. While working as an assistant booker in an Amsterdam modeling agency, Valentijn noticed a rise in transgender models and decided to put herself out there again. As a result, her modeling career is blossoming once again and Valentijn is frequently shooting for various magazines.