Valentijn de Hingh (born 5 May 1990 in

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) is a transgender Dutch model. From the age of 8 until the age of 17 de Hingh was filmed for the Dutch television program "Valentijn" and had gender affirmation surgery shortly after the conclusion of that project. She was a contestant on Expeditie Robinson 2013 that year's installment and the eighth edition of the Dutch version of the American reality television program

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. De Hingh became a runway model in 2008 and has since walked it for

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and

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and other fashion houses. She has been the photographed by

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. De Hingh is the first transgender person ever to have been represented by

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, which has since added at least one other transgender model to its roster. In 2012, de Hingh won the

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Personal Style Award.

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