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She transitioned to pudding. She looked absolutely beautiful. She had the kiss curls going. She was in a pair of tight jeans. She had breasts at that time.

So we started talking.

And she told me, girl, you need to get on mowns.

Girl, you need to get on mones.

Yes.

Hello and welcome to the Laverne Cox Show.

On today's episode, we'll be talking about the life of someone who means so very much to me.

Tracy Norman is legendary in the modeling world.

In the 1970s, she helped break color barriers as a black high fashion and commercial

model.

She was the first black woman to appear on a box of clear all hair color, number 512, dark

albarn, and incredible achievement for any model at the time.

Norman has modeled and been photographed for publications such as Essence, Vogue Italia, Harper's Bazaar, India, among others.

She used to walk the runway twice a day in Paris for Valenciaga.

All this from a woman from Newark, New Jersey, who had been assigned male at birth, but no one knew.

I discovered her about 11 years ago and couldn't stop talking about her.

Discovering Tracy just opened up this world for me of just imagining what her life was like,

what trans life was like in the 70s in New York,

which I've always been obsessed with.

The fact that there was a black trans woman on a clarell hair color box

that was in drugstores all over the country,

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