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Noella McMaher is a 10-year-old transgender fashion model who will walk the runway at New York Fashion Week this September.
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A 10-year-old transgender girl from Chicago will already be a runway veteran when she takes to the catwalk next month at New York Fashion Week — with plans to walk in Paris next year.
Noella McMaher, whose parents both identify as transgender and who has an infant sibling referred to as a “theybie,” made her debut at NYFW in February as one of several trans and non-binary models walking for the Trans Clothing Company . She was the youngest person to ever take part in the event.
Noella has a lively presence on social media and what seems to be a thriving home life with her parents, Dee McMaher, 35, and Ray McMaher, 32, both of whom were born biological females but now identify as non-binary.
“Noella’s first show was Chicago Fashion Week at 7 years old,” her parent, Dee, told Forbes earlier this year. “An out trans teen told her about open auditions, and she watched YouTube videos to prepare. She booked two designers at her very first audition. Since then she has been in two Chicago Fashion Weeks and a handful of smaller shows.”
Dee told The Post Wednesday that Noella didn’t like wearing boy clothes even as a toddler and often acted out. Dee said they eventually took her to a gender clinic and she came into her own once she felt freed up to be a girl.
“Our job as parents for all three of our children is to embrace their individual needs,” Dee told The Post. ” With Noella we have a child who has known who she was from very early on.”
Neither of Noella’s parents pushed her to be a girl, Dee said.
“My spouse and I probably own two pairs of shoes between us,” she said. “We’re not into fashion at all. Noella is the opposite. She loves glitter and makeup and clothes. We wouldn’t even know how to encourage that kind of femininity.”
To anyone who asks how a child knows they are transgender at just 10, Dee said she has an answer ready.
“At 2 years old, she started telling us she wasn’t a boy. At 4.5, she socially transitioned and at 7 she legally transitioned.”
“My spouse and I are also transgender,” Dee added. “Noella transitioned way before we did. She is the most self-assured person I know. I tell her all the time I want to be like her when I grow up.”
In 2019, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, whose billionaire family is one of the biggest donors to transgender causes in the world , signed an executive order aimed at promoting LGBTQ students’ rights in schools. Noella was among those posing at his side, wearing a pink tutu and giant bow in her hair and T-shirt reading, “This is what trans looks like.”
Noella and her younger brother Levi (who his parents say is a boy and wants to remain a boy) were born to Dee and Dee’s then-husband, Timothy McCord, a scientist in the Chicago area.
McCord told The Post he has no issue with Noella coming out as trans but said he is somewhat concerned about her life being too public as a model. As for Noella having any possible future medical intervention, like being given puberty blockers and hormones, McCord said he is not quite sure what to make of that.
“I have no say in it,” he said. “She’s not my kid anymore.”
Dee and McCord split up years ago and eventually divorced in 2019 but McCord saw the children on a regular basis at first, he said.
He said an incident in 2016, when he grabbed Noella’s arm after she had a tantrum, shattered the family forever and he has not seen his children since. “The next day Dee called and said, you need a break from the kids because Noella has a sprain,” he said. “Then she called back and said Noella’s arm is broken. I think you need a lawyer.”
McCord said a legal nightmare ensued and he ended up getting arrested and spending several nights in the Cook County Jail in Chicago. He said he then made the decision to plead guilty to misdemeanor child endangerment because he felt that continuing to fight within the legal system would be hopeless.
He tried to resume visitation with the kids but said it was impossible.
“I tried to get back in their lives but it ended up too contentious and stressful for everyone,” he said. Even though he said he does not believe is guilty of what he was accused of, he decided to let Dee and her partner formally adopt the kids and he relinquished all rights to them.
“I was given the opportunity to step back and let Dee’s partner adopt the kids and I did that in the hopes they would not have all the stress this was causing in their lives,” he said.
McCord said he will be open if the kids try to contact him when they’re older.
“If they have questions, I’m here,” he said. “I’m not hard to find.”

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Tell us about your background and how you first got into modeling.
"I moved to New York in 2005 to pursue a modeling career. Having been born and raised in the Philippines, I realized that if I was really going to pursue a career in modeling, I needed to be here. I left my family in San Francisco and moved east at 21. The first job I got was as a hostess at Libation on Ludlow Street in the Lower East Side; within a month of working there, a photographer discovered me. The rest, as they say, is history."
What motivated you to give your TED talk?
"I was finally ready to share my story. I was ready to discard the shame I'd been feeling, ready to face my fears. I also wanted to give back to my community, which has loved and supported me from a very young age, especially the trans women who I grew up with in the Philippines."
How have things changed for you since you did the TED talk?
"I launched Gender Proud, and that work continues to expand. I travel a lot now, speaking on academic and corporate campuses, talking about my journey and the trans experience more broadly. I feel healed; sharing my story healed me and turned my shame into joy and gratitude."
What type of work are you doing with Gender Proud?
"Gender Proud envisions a world where all trans people have equal rights under the law. The advocacy work takes us to countries all over the world, where we work with local partners to expand the legal rights of all trans persons. We're regularly producing media about the trans experience, which is designed to promote inclusion and dismantle stereotypes."
Did you have a certain "I made it" moment in your career?
"I'm always evolving, but meeting the president and being invited to speak at the White House was a huge honor. Speaking at the UN was an honor as well; however, I realize my journey is ever-changing and expanding. And I'm so grateful for it."
"I feel most confident, assured, and happy when I'm around the trans community—but specifically trans youth—who inspire me and make me feel like my work has such incredible meaning."
"The trans community: Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major, Janet [Mock], Laverne [Cox], Carmen [Carrera], and communities in the Philippines."
"Gender Proud is going to do some amazing things this year. And I have the opportunity to be involved in some big media projects, which I'm also excited about. My plan right now is to continue to follow my curiosity; it hasn't led me astray yet."
"When a person has gone through the journey of finding and pursuing their most authentic self, and shares that gift, for me, that's beautiful."
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Did you have a certain "I made it" moment in your career?
"The last time I felt I had this 'I made it' moment would have to be when I signed with Elite [Model Management]."
When have you felt most beautiful? Most confident?
"I feel the most beautiful when I wake up in the morning. I feel the most confident when I am at peace with who I am and when I am not afraid of everyone else's judgments."
"The idea of feminism inspires me the most, because for a long time, [I felt that because] I was born with male genitalia, I wasn't allowed to express my femininity and my desire to be a woman."
What is something you most hope to accomplish for the transgender community?
"I consider myself an activist for women like me, who want to be confident and don't want to be judged. I want to be able to supply the knowledge that transgender women need in order to live peacefully and become accepted among all men and women."
"I want to be able to have a chance to be truly accepted as a model at all levels, aside from running my own successful company and being a good mother. I want the chance to be able to sell clothes and beauty products like any other model. Being the face of a fashion company or landing a beauty contract would mean a lot to me."
"I have a movie coming out August 7 with Meryl Streep; a VH1 TV show in October with my husband, Adrian [Torres]; various acting projects on TV, and some editorial work coming out soon."
"Beauty is the ability to utilize the tools provided in order to showcase your spirit, in order to show your true soul. Beauty comes from within, but it's up to us to use fashion and beauty to express who we are on the inside. Beauty is the idea of who you truly are."
Why you should know her: She's IMG Worldwide's first-ever transgender model. She recently announced she'll be joining the cast of Amazon's Transparent.
How did you first get into modeling?
"While acting is my main focus, I've always gravitated toward fashion. I interned for casting director Jennifer Venditti and creative director Fabien Baron while I was in college. I learned a lot, but I was never satisfied behind the scenes. But what were my options? I couldn't make clothes, and I didn't look like a typical model, so I tabled fashion and focused on acting. I began transitioning. The hormones changed my body, my face. I was happier, too, and more open. Some of my best friends are photographers, and they started asking to shoot me around last summer. Last fall, I walked in two of my friends' fashion shows. Suddenly, people started to refer to me as a model. On the other hand, a lot of people wrote me off as an edgy guest star with cool friends. They still do, actually, but there came a point where I was shooting every week, sometimes two or three times in a single weekend (I was in class on weekdays). I was having fun, but I wanted to call it work. I wanted to be paid for my work. I sought agency representation, and pretty much every major New York agency said no or wouldn't meet with me. Then I met with IMG."
Did you have a certain "I made it" moment in your career?
"Absolutely not. I haven't accomplished a fraction of what I hope to."
"I struggle to feel beautiful. No one tells trans women they are beautiful, and if they do it's in comparison to cisgender women. Beauty sucks. Sure, I feel beautiful when my skin's clear, when my clothes fit. I feel beautiful when people use the correct gender pronouns to refer to me. Beauty is experienced differently for men and women, and I've only had about a year and a half to figure out how to feel beautiful as a woman. Beauty culture is scary and painful. I'm still learning how to feel comfortable in a beauty I define for myself—or hope to, eventually."
"Confidence is different, because it's not just about the way you look. I've never considered myself beautiful—but competent? Sure. People regarded me as male for most of my life: They listened to me when I spoke and encouraged me to pursue my ambitions. Women are far less likely to get treated that way, as I have been quick to learn. I wouldn't say womanhood has withered or diminished my confidence, but it has changed it. It's difficult to speak about women at large, but maybe you could say that a woman's confidence is less entitled than a man's confidence. Aggressive, blind, masculine confidence is a thing of my past. I feel most confident when I'm prepared, when I've done my homework—and when my mind and body are open to the task in front of me."
"I think beauty is the pursuit of an authentic self. Some asshole told me that I would never be happy because my life is all about 'becoming'—but what are your options as a transgender person in transition? I think everyone is in pursuit of themselves, and trans folks happen to wear it on their sleeves. The people whom I find most beautiful are the people whom you can't compare to anyone else—people who do what works for them. 'Dare to be different' is a cliché, but in my experience it's the best thing you can tell yourself. Beauty is survival, especially survival against the odds."
"Trans women of color are the mothers of the American queer community as we know it. I would have no voice or means to be who I am without the achievements and influence of trans women of color. I want to shout out Marsha P. Johnson, Connie Fleming, Octavia St. Laurent, Janet Mock, and Laverne Cox."
What is the most important thing you hope to accomplish as an activist for the transgender community?
"Transgender people are the coolest, most beautiful, most intelligent, most powerful people in the world. Unfortunately, most people treat us like shit. As for me, I'm white, I'm college educated, I've got a solid support system, I've got a job and citizenship to a first-world country. Aside from being transgender, I couldn't be much more privileged. I feel like I've had to fight tooth and claw to get
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