Kristian Gia Ruscitti

I am a tall, slender Italian/American model/make up artist who stands 6' 1" with dark brown below the shoulder length hair and changeable green eyes.

I started my career in the fashion and beauty industry at age 19 as a runway and print model doing designer fashion work in Milan, Italy.  I have also done photographic work in the areas of fashion, beauty, artistic, and editorial.

I am now working as a make up artist representing a major international cosmetic and beauty company and pursuing fashion, artistic, beauty, glamour, and editorial photographic modeling work when the opportunity becomes available. 

I am comfortable working with whatever a photographer may want to create and strive to give each shoot an original and unique result.  I have worked in front and behind the scenes in the fashion and beauty industry for almost 20 years and know what is needed to smoothly operate in a pleasant and comfortable manner to achieve the goals of the work at hand.

I am a very social person and love to meet new people, make new friends, and establish new working relationships with professionals in the industry.  I love to push the edge and try new things and make images that will not only move the viewer but stand the test of time.

"The Rest Of The Story"

I have always lived my life openly, honestly, and in a very public way and I'm not going to change that here.  I began life as a genetic male.  From the earliest time I can remember, my brain and soul has always told me that something was wrong with the image I was seeing of myself.  My feelings were made official by diagnosis at an early age and I began the journey that has brought me to where I am today.  I am a transgendered female, a transsexual.  I live my life personally, professionally, and legally as a female.  I am very aware that the nature of my journey and lifestyle may cause issues for some people in society and in the fashion and beauty industry.  At some point, the results, the work, and the legacy created in work accomplished, must outweigh where I have come from and the journey I have taken.  I am the person that I always should have been and make no apologies for my life.  I stand on the work I have created and the drive, desires, and dreams to create ever better and lasting work.  I ask that all those that see me, give me the fairness and equality to do what I have loved doing for nearly 20 years.  Above all, I am a MODEL.....please allow me to work and pose for images of value and quality based on the results, not for the person, or what I am, or perceived to be.

I have worked for nearly 20 years to create a legacy of images that are unique and different.  I always want to try something new and continue making my legacy book filled with page after page of colorful, creative, and stylish work that has an ever changing look and feel.  I'm always dreaming of new ideas and themes to try and know that if you don't step out and give it a shot, that "PERFECT" image will never come to be.  It's all for the love of creation.....so let's create!!!

My life's journey has been alternative and varied....I keep on moving forward and into the future....Make it NOW....Yesterday is over and done, images left behind....Tomorrow is a promise of great things to make happen....the image is our legacy....we strive for that one "PERFECT" shot that will leave it's mark forever.

My friends call me a UNICORN.......It must mean I'm special and unique.  I guess you just have to look and see for yourself......right?  I'm just ME.........Tell Me What You Think....


Thank You For Taking The Time To Look,

Kristian Gia Ruscitti