Laverne wants to be known for more than beauty
The transgender model wants people to look beyond her striking features and appreciate her as a "talented actress" and someone with a "beautiful character".
She said: "A lot of people have told me that I'm gorgeous and I love hearing that; I'm not going to lie. But I would like to think that I'm compelling not just because of the way I look. That I have something intelligent, smart, insightful, even moving to say. That I'm talented as an actress and that there's something about the content of my character that is beautiful, beyond how I look. I'd like to think."
The 'Orange Is The New Black' star also believes that having big features doesn't make her "less of a woman" and in "good lighting" she is "obviously transgender".
She added to Britain's RadioTimes magazine: "Even in good lighting I'm an obviously transgender person - I have a deep voice, I have broad shoulders, I have big hands, I have big feet. I don't think any of those things make me less of a woman. "
