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I was the first black trans model

As a young black teenager in 1970s, Tracey Norman was thrilled to be scouted as a model.

Her career took off and she landed coveted jobs fronting adverts for major cosmetic brands and gracing the pages of Italian Vogue.

But Tracey was keeping a secret that she desperately hoped no-one would discover, that in fact she was a transgender woman.

When the truth came out her fears were realised and her career came to a crushing end.

Tracey spoke to Joanna Gosling about what that time in her life was like.

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9 minutes