However, as she started modeling at a young age, it is not known whether she completed her school education.
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Stefania - real name Stephanie Kightley - said she'd always been obsessed with blurring gender lines, and grew up idolising transgender Australian model Andreja Pejic and Sweden's Erika Linder.
In 2017, she was hired as an ambassador of the Melbourne Fashion Week.
Ms Vander Leahy said she chose to use models for the series because they were placed under an expectation to constantly feel 100 per cent happy with themselves.
Most agreed the industry was a double-edged sword - while they had been made at times to feel bad about their body image, the experience taught them to override any insecurities with confidence.