Andreja Pejic: "I'm Not a Perfect Person, but I Am Here Telling My Story"

"I think I was like 3 years old [when I started wearing makeup], going through my mom's makeup kit and trying on her lipsticks and blushes. Makeup was such a fascinating thing throughout my childhood. It defined what it means to grow up as a woman. You go to work, put on your lipstick, and that’s what my mom would do. I would watch her and was forever fascinated. Probably the first product that I adopted for personal use would have been black eyeliner, when I was 14 or 15. I was a bit of a scene kid, emo if you’re more familiar with that term. I listened to metal. That was the aesthetic. And a pale foundation. I wanted very pale skin."