Mimi was born in Waterloo, Iowa, but lived in Oelwein, Iowa, as Mark. After undergoing some sex-reassignment surgeries (to date Mimi still hasn't had complete sexual reassignment), Mark became Mimi. According to Trantasia [1], a transsexual beauty pageant documentary that aired on ITV in Thailand, she has lived as a woman since she was 21 years old. Mimi is reported to have been the first ever openly transsexual runway model, working for the Ford Modeling agency. She is also reported to have dated Dennis Rodman of the Chicago Bulls, briefly. Boyhood On "passing" as a woman