Robertina Manganaro is a 42-year-old woman who calls herself "the world's first transsexual fashion designer."
Robertina presented her debut collection at Milano Collezioni Donna, the women's ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2001 shows.
Robertina was 
born in the Kalabrien region of Italy and began taking hormones at 14 years of age. She had her SRS in a English private clinic at age 20. Robertina has a medical degree and practiced medicine before becoming a fashion model and then a designer. Her mother accepted her being transgendered from a early age but her father was less accepting at first.
Robertina is married to Italian count Gianfranco Torelli, a wealthy airplane engineer, who has offices in Boston.
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