Alex Monette Consani (born July 23, 2003) is an American model and influencer. She started modeling in 2015 and became the world's youngest transgender model at the time at age 12. After signing with IMG Models in 2019, Consani started using TikTok in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and became popular online for her comedic videos, earning over three million followers by 2024. In 2024, Consani was the first transgender model to win the Fashion Award for Model of the Year and, along with Valentina Sampaio, to walk for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. == Early life == Alex Monette Consani was born on July 23, 2003, in Petaluma, California. Her mother works in water conservation while her father works with Guide Dogs for the Blind. She is of Italian, English and German descent. She is transgender and began wearing feminine clothing at age four before deciding on the name Alex at age eight and undergoing hormone replacement therapy during puberty. In 2021, she graduated from Petaluma High School and began attending Pace University with the help of Petaluma Educational Foundation, receiving an Alphabet Soup Thrift Store Scholarship and a MacIlvain Family Scholarship. == Career == Consani made her runway debut in New York City for Tom Ford in 2021. She was included on GLAAD's 20 Under 20 list, which honors "outstanding young LGBTQ changemakers", for 2022, and walked in runways for Versace and Alexander McQueen during Fall/Winter 2022. By 2023, she had more than 1.4 million followers on TikTok. Vogue named her one of the standout models of Spring/Summer 2023, during which she walked in runways for Boss by Hugo Boss, Burberry, Chloé, Roberto Cavalli, and Coperni. She was featured in Victoria's Secret's reimagining of their Fashion Show, "The Tour '23," which returned to runway format in October 2024 after a 5-year hiatus. She was the face of Jean Paul Gaultier's collaborative collection with London-based brand Knwls, which was released in September 2023. Consani was the exclusive model for Conner Ives' Spring/Summer 2024 collection in collaboration with Depop, "Late Capitalism". By early 2024, Consani had over two million followers and over 150 million likes across her videos on TikTok. She appeared in the music videos for the JT song "Okay" and for the Charli XCX song "360" in April and May 2024, respectively. She was nominated for the Fashion Award for Model of the Year in 2024, making her the first openly transgender woman to be nominated for the award. By then, she had over three million followers on TikTok. On October 15, 2024, Consani and Valentina Sampaio became the first transgender models to walk in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.On December 2, 2024, Consani became the first transgender person to be named Model of the Year at the annual Fashion Awards in London. === Advocacy === In a 2015 interview with a young Alex Consani, she talks about her hopes for her future stating, “I’d like to accomplish a goal where models don’t need to be female or models don’t need to be male, they can be whatever gender they want and also anyone can be beautiful…” Since then, Consani has been outspoken against the lack of diversity in the modeling industry to teen vogue, “Where are the dolls of color? Where’s the South Asian models? The Native American/Indigenous models? I’m close to people in those communities, and it’s really changed my perception of fashion.” At the 2024 Fashion Awards Consani was made model of the year and during her speech she took the opportunity to thank, "the Black trans women who really fought for the space I'm in today." She named specific women like Dominique Jackson, Connie Fleming, Aaron Rose Phillips and countless more. Additionally, the model expressed that, “The personality that I have and the energy that I give is so heavily inspired by Black trans women.” == Public image == Alyssa Morin of E! News called Consani "fashion's new it girl" in February 2023, while Bustle and PinkNews both described her as "the 'It Girl' of 2024". CR Fashion Book's Vienna Vernose called her bleached hair and "fairy-like" features "distinctive" and called her runway walk "serious and powerful". L'Officiel's Grace Clarke called Consani "easily one of the biggest models" of 2024 and "one of the most popular transgender models in the industry". In October 2023, she was included on the Forbes Top Creators Fashion 50 list, where she had the highest engagement rate on the list at 21.5% and was described as having "signature bleached hair and brows". i-D stated in 2023 that she was "as well known for her harebrained subway dances ... and goofy disposition [on TikTok] as she is for her turns on the Alexander McQueen and Versace runways". Brock Colyar of The Cut wrote in 2024 that her TikTok videos, which "involve her being very loud and sort of annoying in very public spaces", were "constantly going viral". In December 2024, Consani was named in Forbes' list of 30 Under 30 in the "Art & Style" category. In 2025, she made it to the Madame Tussauds Hot 100 list, recognizing her as a rising Gen Z fashion icon and model. In 2025, Consani made Time's inaugural issue of Time100 Creators list, under the category of "Phenoms." She made her Met Gala debut on May 5th 2025, at the 79th annual event held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Embracing the theme “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”, she wore a custom cream cutout suit dress designed in collaboration with Swarovski, stylist Carlos Nazario, and Swarovski’s Global Creative Director Giovanna Battaglia Engelbert. Alex Consani attended the “The Phoenician Scheme” red carpet at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 18th 2025, in Cannes, France. She wore Look 15 from the Schiaparelli Spring-Summer 2025 Haute Couture collection, designed by Daniel Roseberry. This marked her second appearance at Cannes, following her debut at the amfAR Gala in 2023. == Videography == === Music video appearances === == Filmography == === Short films === == References ==