Mimi Marks | Transgender Woman

Mimi Marks is a well-known entertainer based in Chicago. Born as a male in Iowa in 1967, she began to have thoughts about transitioning since childhood and began to make an investment in transitioning from male to female later in her life. In 1986, she had won her first pageant title, Ms. Waterloo, at The Old Dutch Mill in Chicago. She fully transitioned to being a woman a year later, at the age of 21. Subsequently, she has joined countless beauty pageants and won many of them. Among the most notable include Miss Continental in 1992, The World’s Most Beautiful Transsexual Contest in 2004, and Miss International Queen in 2005. The latter is the most prestigious pageant for trans women worldwide.

Aside from beauty pageants, Marks has also made a career off modeling. She has been reported to be the first openly trans runaway model after signing on with Ford Models. In addition, she has appeared in Janet Jackson’s music video back in 2008.