Aspiring model Loiza Lamers has taken home the title of ‘Holland’s Top Model’ this week – making her the first transgender winner in the franchise’s history.

Battling it out against 12 other models, Lamers has successfully out-modelled the other girls to triumph in The Netherlands’ tenth season of the reality show.

A photo posted by Loiza Lamers (@loizalamers) on Oct 27, 2015 at 4:44am PDT

  The Top Model franchise also raised the public profile of trans model Isis King, who impressed the judges in cycle 11, returning for ‘America’s Next Top Model: All Stars’ years later.  

A photo posted by Isis King 👑️ (@msisisking) on Sep 13, 2015 at 8:01am PDT

The original US version of the show is due to be cancelled after the current season, as revealed by host Tyra Banks in a tweet earlier this month.

The final US cycle continues the show’s history of LGBTIQ representation, with openly pansexual contestant Nyle Di Marco making his way to the final six.

A photo posted by Nyle DiMarco – Official – NYC (@nyledimarco) on Oct 12, 2015 at 10:17am PDT

OIP Staff