Well Damn: A Former Race Car Driver Becomes Transgender Ballerina!

Sophie Rebecca, 37, from Leeds, has become the first transgender woman to pass exams at the Royal Ballet Academy just two years after transitioning to female.

The ballerina, who is 6'3", said the achievement was one that she never thought would be possible for her. The dancer, born as James, instead pursued race car driving and target shooting.

"Before transitioning into a woman there are photos of me rally racing, shooting and looking like a typical bloke,” she said. “But I was far from it, I knew from a young age that I was trapped in the wrong body."

When she was 35, she began taking hormones and started chasing her dream. The trans ballerina said she now trains four times a week while continuing to work as an IT technician.
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