India, Feb. 26 -- "You're too skinny."

"Your skin is so dark."

"You're too short to be a model."

Prerna Massey had heard these statements enough times in her childhood. So, when she started getting the same kind of comments - "Why are you so dark?" "Why are you roaming naked?" "What will your neighbours say?" - on her Instagram Reels in December 2024, it didn't faze her. She knew that much of the hate stemmed from the fact that she didn't exactly belong. Massey's #OOTDs were shot on her building's terrace in Saket in Delhi - peeling grey walls, low-rent neighbourhood in the background.

Massey, now 26, continued shooting her transition videos: High Fashion Look on an Indian Girl, Latina Look on an Indian Girl, Sketch Design versus Real...