Ariel Nicholson | |
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| Born | 23 January 2001 New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Ariel Nicholson Murtagh[1] (born January 23, 2001) is a New York-based model, writer, and LGBT rights activist. She was the first openly transgender model to walk in a Calvin Klein presentation and the first openly transgender women on the cover of Vogue. Her writing has appeared in Perfect Magazine, amongst other publications.[2]
Nicholson was born and raised in New Jersey.[3]
At an early age, she told her parents that she did not "belong as a boy" and, in fifth grade, began using female pronouns and taking Lupron to suppress the effects of male puberty.[1] She was also seeing a therapist from the Ackerman Institute for the Family at the time.[1] When she was in eighth grade she was featured in the PBS documentary Growing Up Trans, where she talked about her decision to go on estradiol.[1][4]
While she was a high school student, Nicholson signed with DNA Model Management.[5][6] She was chosen by Raf Simons to walk for Calvin Klein's 2018 Spring/Summer fashion show, making her modelling debut.[1][7][8] She was the first transgender woman to walk in a Calvin Klein fashion show. Nicholson has since appeared in Calvin Klein advertisement campaigns, editorials in Vogue and W, and has walked in runway shows for Marc Jacobs and Miu Miu.[1][7] She was photographed by Mert & Marcys for the cover of Love's anniversary issue.[1][9]
She was featured on the September 2020 cover of Italian Vogue.[7]
In October 2020, Nicholson was featured in V Magazine's The Thoughts Leaders issue.[10]
In 2021, Nicholson became the first openly transgender person to be featured on the cover of Vogue.[11][12]
She volunteers with Gender & Family Project, an organization that supports transgender youth and their families.[1]