In this February 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, sits backstage as she waits to take part in a rehearsal during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. To model for Lakme Fashion Week, one of the highlights of India's fashion calendar, is Lama's big moment. It's a dream that was years in the making and often seemed far beyond the reach of Lama now being touted as the first transgender woman to model for the high fashion event sponsored by a top Indian cosmetics brand. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





In this February 2, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, stands backstage at the Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. Growing up as the fifth son in a poor farming family in rural Nepal the dream to be a fashion model came late in life. First came a long, painful struggle to accept that he felt deeply female. It was a chance encounter with a group of transgender women that turned Lama's life around by putting her in touch with the Blue Diamond Society, an advocacy group for Nepal's LGBT community. In 2005 she came out to her friends and family as a transgender woman. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





In this January 30, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, speaks with another model during a trial event for Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. Growing up as the fifth son in a poor farming family in rural Nepal the dream to be a fashion model came late in life. First came a long, painful struggle to accept that he felt deeply female. It was a chance encounter with a group of transgender women that turned Lama's life around by putting her in touch with the Blue Diamond Society, an advocacy group for Nepal's LGBT community. In 2005 she came out to her friends and family as a transgender woman. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





In this January 30, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, looks out of a window of a hotel during a trial event for Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





In this February 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, right, a transgender model from Nepal, waits backstage for her turn to walk the ramp during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





In this February 1, 2017 photo, a makeup artist applies eye-shadow on Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





In this February 2, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, walks the ramp at the Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





In this February 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, waits backstage for rehearsals during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





In this February 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, center, a transgender model from Nepal, interacts with other models after walking the ramp during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





In this February 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, looks at her mobile phone backstage during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





In this February 1, 2017 photo, Anjali Lama, a transgender model from Nepal, holds a scarf up with another model as they wait to walk the ramp during Lakme Fashion week in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)