Accused Brooklyn killer Nikki Secondino is a social media influencer who amassed greater than 15,000 followers on Instagram, The Publish has realized.
The 22-year-old transgender on-line mannequin has dozens of sultry pics on her Instagram page and as soon as advised an interviewer she had a contract with a modeling company and attended the Vogue Institute of Know-how.
“Who’s your idol this yr,” she wrote in a single Instagram put up final month. “Me.”
“The luggage below my eyes are Gucci,” she wrote in one other put up.
In a separate November 2019 put up, Nikki addressed her “body image issues.”
“Immediately I’ve partnered up with @bodypositivityvibes and @physique.optimistic.xoxo to unfold consciousness about physique picture points,” she wrote. “Down under are the statistics of physique picture points individuals have in the USA alone.”
In a candid 2020 interview on the “United We Rant” podcast, Nikki spoke about her generally tough transition to being a lady and mentioned her modeling profession.
“Individuals consistently advised me that I ought to get into it and stuff. On the time considered one of my buddies [in high school] she was a very good photographer. So, we made like a portfolio of stuff and I really had knowledgeable photographer make head photographs for me and stuff.”
She mentioned she despatched the photographs to numerous companies and at last had one specific curiosity.
“I began modeling and reserving gigs and stuff and it was the perfect choice I ever made,” she mentioned. “I receives a commission rather well. They pay me very properly, but it surely’s additionally, generally it may be a really poisonous atmosphere.
“You do get individuals right here and there who can inform [I’m transgender],” she mentioned. “Like no matter it might be, off of my voice, off of my face. I’ve an actual female physique however like some individuals can clock you. Like your shoulders are too broad, your ribs are no matter.”
She mentioned she was born Nicholas Secondino, however realized she was trans when she was simply 5 years previous — and threw a tantrum at Goal when her mother pressured her to strive on a boy’s bathing swimsuit and clothes, feeling completely uncomfortable with that wardrobe.
By the point she was 16, Nikki mentioned, she had began taking hormones — and mentioned her dad was supportive all through her transition.
“My dad had a robust persona,” she mentioned. “He didn’t let it have an effect on him. My mother, surprisingly, took it a bit more durable than my dad. That was the way in which that that occurred.”
She mentioned her mother and father obtained divorced whereas the household was dwelling in New Jersey and she or he moved again to New York and was dwelling in Westchester County on the time of the podcast.
“I used to be in remedy persistently,” Nikki mentioned. “I hated the method of hiding that a part of myself.”
