1. Munroe Bergdorf is an English model and activist.
22 Facts About Munroe Bergdorf
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Munroe Bergdorf has walked several catwalks for brands including Gypsy Sport at both London and NYC Fashion Weeks.
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Munroe Bergdorf appeared in the Channel 4 documentary What Makes a Woman, which aired in May 2018.
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Munroe Bergdorf won 'Changemaker of the Year' at the 2018 Cosmopolitan Awards, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2019 by the University of Brighton.
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Munroe Bergdorf was born and grew up in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex.
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Munroe Bergdorf is of mixed ancestry, born to a Jamaican father and an English mother.
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Munroe Bergdorf, who was assigned male at birth, attended Bentfield County Primary School in Stansted Mountfitchet and then The Bishop's Stortford High School, an all-boys' school.
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At the age of 24, Munroe Bergdorf began gender transitioning, and was the subject of an episode of London Live show Drag Queens of London.
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Around the same time that Munroe Bergdorf was transitioning, she co-founded nightclub Pussy Palace.
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Munroe Bergdorf became involved in modelling after being motivated by the lack of diversity in the industry.
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Munroe Bergdorf came to public attention in August 2017 when she was employed as the first transgender model to front a L'Oreal campaign in the UK, being announced as one of 27 models taking part in L'Oreal UK's "True Match" campaign.
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Munroe Bergdorf said that she faced online harassment, much of it of a racist and transphobic nature.
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Munroe Bergdorf defended her position, arguing that she was angry after the scenes at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville and wanted to explain that racism was systemic, and that being racist was not just about attacking people, but failing to take action against the system.
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Munroe Bergdorf added: "I don't see how calling out the roots of racism, somehow makes you a racist", calling the controversy the "worst time of my life".
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In June 2020, during the international George Floyd protests, Munroe Bergdorf criticized L'Oreal Paris for posting on Instagram that they stood in solidarity with the Black community, saying that she had never received an apology from L'Oreal.
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Munroe Bergdorf shared on Instagram a number of abusive messages she received on that platform following her appointment.
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In June 2019, Munroe Bergdorf was stripped of her role as an ambassador for Childline two days after being appointed, when journalist Janice Turner and others questioned her suitability for the post by accusing her of having modelled for adult magazine Playboy.
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The NSPCC's CEO, Peter Wanless, explained that Munroe Bergdorf had been dismissed 'because of her public statements, which we felt would mean that she was in breach of our own risk assessments and undermine what we are here to do'.
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In July 2019, Munroe Bergdorf was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Brighton in recognition of her campaigning for transgender rights.
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In February 2021, Munroe Bergdorf deleted her activism-based Twitter account, releasing a public statement asking when social media companies will "clamp down" on transphobia.
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In November 2021, Munroe Bergdorf was recognised with the GAY TIMES Honour for British Community Trailblazer at the fifth annual GAY TIMES Honours celebration in London.
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Munroe Bergdorf was presented the award by Ellie Goulding and featured as one of the cover stars for the Honours edition of GAY TIMES Magazine.