Caitlyn Jenner’s Best Beauty Looks
Last night was Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards, and Caitlyn Jenner was among the eight honorees. Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive calls the honorees “the planet’s most remarkable female leaders,” and Jenner, who was recognized as “The Transgender Champion” has definitely earned the title. Her show I Am Cait has brought trans issues to light in mainstream media, and she has redefined her identity under the scrutinizing public eye throughout the entirety of her transition. Despite her history as an Olympic hero and one of the best athletes of all time, Jenner acknowledges her recent past as the most trying time of her life. “I started thinking maybe this is why God put me on earth. This issue has been swept under the rug for so long. I need to tell this story on the highest level you can possibly do it, not just for me but for this entire community,“ Jenner told Glamour. “I am just excited about the future for the first time in a long, long time and that is a nice feeling to have… to be honest with you, if the worst thing in the world that happens to you is you are trans, you’ve got it made.” Jenner’s statement is brave and bold given the statistics about high suicide rates and depression among trans people, and the many years that she hid her true self from the public.
In July she accepted the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the ESPYs, making this her second major award since her transition and helping to reinvent her identity in the media. Jenner’s name has always been associated with courage and strength, but in the last year, since Caitlyn Jenner gained an identity, the source of that strength has shifted. “For years and years I never felt like I fit in anywhere. I always felt as an outsider. I never felt good in the male side, and I wasn’t obviously in the female side. I was kind of stuck in the middle,” Jenner said in her Woman of the Year acceptance speech. “But all of a sudden after making this decision and coming out, it was by far the best thing I ever did.” Jenner is still experimenting with her look and has begun to develop a confident and varying sense of beauty and style. Here are our favorite looks since her transition early this year.
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