Having recently shot an editorial for Love magazine with Patrick Demarchelier and a video for Vogue Italia , the leggy Amsterdam native is returning to the spotlight after spending almost ten years as the subject of a documentary on transgender children.

She was filmed from the time she was an eight-year-old boy and after the documentary aired on Dutch television in 2007, Valentijn underwent gender reassignment surgery. She moved on to a career in modeling, scoring spots on the runways of Maison Martin Margiela and Comme des Garcons. Currently studying literature in Amsterdam, she dreams of a career in fashion journalism...but it seems like right now might be her moment to strut her stuff on the runways.