Caitlyn Jenner makes public debut: Vanity Fair unveils pictorial shot by Annie Leibovitz
Keeping Up with the Kardashians star speaks publicly about her transition in a magazine interview.
By Justin Harp
Caitlyn Jenner is making her debut in a history-making magazine photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz.
The Olympian and Keeping Up with the Kardashians star is opening up to Vanity Fair about embracing life as she completes her transition.
Caitlyn Jenner poses for Annie Leibovitz on the cover of Vanity Fair #CallMeCaitlyn http://t.co/NRyh6R09RR pic.twitter.com/GO1ZgJJKBR
â€" VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) June 1, 2015
"If I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it, I would be lying there saying, 'You just blew your entire life'," Jenner told the magazine in an excerpt from a wide-ranging profile.
Jenner made headlines worldwide by announcing her plans to transition in a record-breaking ABC television interview in April.
"For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman," Jenner told ABC's Diane Sawyer. "People look at me differently.
"They see you as this macho male, but my heart and my soul and everything that I do in life - it is part of me. That female side is part of me. That's who I am."
I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her/me.
â€" Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 1, 2015
Jenner has credited the Kardashian family with helping her come to terms with her transition, particularly singling out Kim Kardashian West and her husband Kanye West for their support.
The Olympian recalled in her ABC chat: "[Kanye told her,] 'Look, I can be married to the most beautiful woman in the world, and I am. I can have the most beautiful little daughter in the world. I have that. But I'm nothing, if I can't be me. If I can't be true to myself, they don't mean anything'.
"And since then, Kimberly has been by far the most accepting, and the easiest to talk to about it."
Kim later revealed on US television that she was going to work with Jenner to help her create an individual style.
Jenner is documenting her transition in an E! reality series scheduled to premiere this summer.
Justin Harp Justin Harp is Digital Spy's US-based Night News Editor covering all things entertainment on West Coast time.
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