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==Early Life==
==Early Life==
According to his own statement, he came from a very disturbed background, with parents who split up at his birth, and no stable home. He claims that he was bullied at school, though all British schools have a non-bullying policy.<ref> https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/5273505/paris-lees-first-openly-transgender-model-british-vogue-journalist-activist/</ref> He has admitted that as a teenager he worked as a homosexual prostitute and was convicted of robbing a customer so violently that despite his youth the judge gave him a 2-year prison sentence. He served eight months of the sentence when he was aged 18 <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/chelsea-manning-transgender-prison-paris-lees|title='I hope Chelsea Manning gets the help she needs': Paris Lees, transgender former prisoner, on life inside|first=Paris|last=Lees|work=The Guardian|date=23 August 2013|accessdate=27 October 2013}}</ref>
According to his own statement, he came from a very disturbed background, with parents who split up at his birth, and no stable home. He claims that he was bullied at school, though all British schools have a non-bullying policy.<ref> https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/5273505/paris-lees-first-openly-transgender-model-british-vogue-journalist-activist/</ref> He has admitted that as a teenager he worked as a homosexual prostitute and was convicted of robbing a customer so violently that despite his youth the judge gave him a 2-year prison sentence. He served eight months of the sentence when he was aged 18 <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/chelsea-manning-transgender-prison-paris-lees|title='I hope Chelsea Manning gets the help she needs': Paris Lees, transgender former prisoner, on life inside|first=Paris|last=Lees|work=The Guardian|date=23 August 2013|accessdate=27 October 2013}}</ref>
He has also admitted to taking illegal drugs and suffering from severe depression. <ref> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-24538594</ref>
He has also admitted to taking illegal drugs and suffering from severe depression. <ref> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-24538594</ref>
After having facial surgery he started to work as a model.<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/5273505/paris-lees-first-openly-transgender-model-british-vogue-journalist-activist/</ref>
After having facial surgery he started to work as a model.<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/5273505/paris-lees-first-openly-transgender-model-british-vogue-journalist-activist/</ref>