What you got undie there?
Lingerie model Lisa was once a man called Louis (and her boyfriend didn't know)
SEXY lingerie model Lisa Du Preez today reveals more than ever before - how she used to be a MAN!
With her striking looks, statuesque size ten figure and 34DD boobs, she's perfect for the frilly undie ads. But ten years ago she was a bloke called Louis in Y-fronts.
And the surgical sex-swap transformation is so good that her electrician FIANCÉ didn't know the truth until she rang him and confessed!
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Brunette Lisa, 35, boasted: "I let people think I was a natural-born woman for a long while and had a great time seeing how many men I could pull and get away with it.
"But now I'm ready to let the world know who I really am. I want people to know that transvestites and transsexuals aren't all ugly freaks."
As well as Lisa's online lingerie shop liselou.com , her glam pictures have been used on dating websites, nightclub posters and adverts for contact lenses.
"But actually becoming a woman was hell," she admitted. "On a scale of one to ten, the pain was a ten. I had to go on morphine to cope.
"Obviously I can't have kids, but when people say I don't know what childbirth feels like, I say I DO! It was agony. But now I look like this I have absolutely no regrets."
The long road to womanhood began when Lisa, then Louis, was seven. My sister Belinda got a make-up set for Christmas and I stole the red nail varnish," she said.
"I'd put it on and love how it looked. We'd play dressing-up together and I'd end up looking like a girl. I suppose I knew I was different from a young age. I'd been trapped in the wrong skin since birth.
"I'd always been feminine and looked girly. It meant I got bullied badly at school and called faggot. Sport was a huge problem, some boys refused to get changed in front of me."
But after leaving school a visit to a gay club convinced the teenage Louis he wasn't homosexual. "It was the first time I saw men kissing each other and I just instantly knew that's not what I was," recalled Lisa. But it was only after meeting a transvestite that Lisa realised she would never be satisfied as a man. At 22 she started oestrogen injections and testosterone suppressant then had therapy to prepare for the swap.
And in 1999, after living as a woman full-time for two years, Lisa - from Enfield, Middlesex - had the surgery that finally allowed her to make love as a woman.
"It was amazing," she said. "I did have orgasms as a man but they're better as a woman.
"When I met my fiancé John Ward in a pub a year ago we hit it off right away but I didn't tell him about the surgery.
"We dated for a few weeks, kissing and cuddling, and then it got to the stage where I knew I had to tell him.
"I took the easy way out and phoned him."
John admitted: "I didn't know what to say at first, But I accept Lisa as she is, we're in love and going to get married."
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This article has 26 comments
WOW! If only I looked half that good!
I too have been through a sex change, and while not everyone will accept that we are truly women, it is good to know that more men are accepting of us.
I've always worried about how a man would react to my past. My boyfriend and I dated for a several months before I told him (before we made love), and while he was rather shocked, he has also been very understanding. We are planning to be married soon, and I hope all transwomen are able to find such happiness.
Often it seems to me that men are very concerned about what their peers would think if they discover they are dating a transsexual. I waited so long to tell him about myself so he could see for himself that there was really no way anyone would ever see me as anything less than a real woman. I also figured that until I was reasonably certain I had found Mr. Right, there was no reason to tell him, as we could go our own separate ways without leaving him with any gender baggage.
And in response to the comment by PWF about starting a family, we are planning to adopt. There are a great number of children that need loving parents, so we are not concerned that we cannot have our own biological children.
Best wishes to you Lisa & John!
By jennifer. Posted November 12 2009 at 7:35 PM.
This is one of my best friends and she is a true inspiration to us all. All the people have been nasty you can all go to hell.. this girl has been to hell and back. it is not something she decided over night. She is a amazing stunning lady. Lisa I Love You xxx
By Kayleigh . Posted November 5 2009 at 8:16 PM.
I think lisa looks pretty cool as a woman. I'm also transsexual, a few years older but still attractive and covincing as a woman. Like everyone else transsexuals have a right to a life. It's not our fault we're born like this. Good luck lisa, enjoy being a woman, i certainly do.
By linda. Posted August 12 2009 at 7:52 PM.
HI All this is my sister and I am very proud of her and John. How many of you out there have the guts that she have to be open and not in the cuboard. No one have the power to jude's only God and it is the body that change and not the soul. She was born with 95% femal hormones and I only have 91% femal hormones and have 2 girls of my own. Be true to your self and the world will love you.
I Love You and All God's blessing. Your Sister in SA.
By Belinda. Posted July 28 2009 at 6:27 AM.
i tink that is so so sad lisa got bullied but why change sex?it never will cos 4 d rest of your life you will be a man and you just to believe in yourself cos dere is life out derre.u lookedd gorgeous wen u were young!!!one day u could have a wife and lovely kids !!! dont b fooled by wat oders say,change ur ways and believ in urself,never guge Gods CREATION! any way i hope lisa GEts this message...
BJ XXX
By BJ. Posted July 14 2009 at 6:55 PM.
The world is yours and I think you have all anyone could want, love and happiness. As the old saying goes ' to yourself be true' and you have that courage so the world is truly yours if I could send you both big smiles and hugs you would have them in abundance. All the best of luck and happiness, by the way you look stunning and you both look very happy. All the best of everything to you both now and forever! XXXX
By A Goldsmith. Posted July 13 2009 at 11:21 PM.
i still find it difficult to believe.how could a man had a surgery to become a woman?wonder shall never end.you call it technology.just be careful
By david. Posted July 13 2009 at 6:25 PM.
she looks nice to me, she is beautiful, go girl...
im actually a filipina shemale, but im not planning yet
to go on surgery, may be someday..hahahah
you have my all support lisa...
good luck...
By kelly Esteria. Posted July 13 2009 at 4:56 PM.
Good luck and god bless the couple. Please stop the nasty remarks. Its no fault of the couple.John take good care of the sweet lady. god bless you.
By Patten. Posted July 13 2009 at 4:49 AM.
Lorna and diba me thinks that your jealous and the claws are out scratch scratch
By susanah. Posted July 12 2009 at 9:38 PM.
Being a transgender person is not about trying to fool someone or trying to be someone other than who one truly is. Not all transgender persons are models or sex symbols, just like not all cisgender persons are models or sex symbols. Some of us are lawyers, doctors, nurses, teachers, plumbers, electricians, musicians, etc. Transgender persons are a part of all societies.
By Paula. Posted July 12 2009 at 8:23 PM.
Are you kidding?!?! You British men are a weird lot, why not just go for a REAL woman? Just because you may find this attractive doesn't take away from the fact it is a man who has undergone surgery. Still a man, still male hormones. Weird bunch, no wonder all of you are mixed up. If it were a pretty horse would you sleep with that too?! Far fetched maybe but still, the point is made.
By John T. Posted July 12 2009 at 7:32 PM.
Diba,
Re: Your comment
I think you should get down to Specsavers, fella...
By Ade. Posted July 12 2009 at 7:22 PM.
i think she looks a real stunner,her boyfriend is one very lucky bloke
By david jukes. Posted July 12 2009 at 3:33 PM.
Come on. She looks like a man in drag !
By Diba. Posted July 12 2009 at 3:13 PM.
She looks absolutely stunning. There is no way in hell she was once a man.
I am married to the most stunning transgender woman who, I would say, is even more beautiful than Lisa. Her name is Michelle-Louise. She is on Facebook so you can check her out there...
By Ade. Posted July 12 2009 at 2:51 PM.
Best of luck to you both. You make a great couple.
As a single guy, i'm actually a bit jealous of John having a partner that stunning. She looks nothing like a man! (Some bitchiness from that other poster maybe?)
As for kids, maybe adoption or surrogacy could be an option for the future?
By Charlie. Posted July 12 2009 at 1:58 PM.
John- you are an inspiration. Good luck to you both, you both sound very happy!
By cam. Posted July 12 2009 at 12:02 PM.
Your looking good girl go for it from one trans woman to another
By Helen. Posted July 12 2009 at 12:26 PM.
A nice couple but after the dust dies down,sooner or later he will want to have a family.This is where the trouble could start.Or not as the case may be
By PWF. Posted July 12 2009 at 11:44 AM.
Still looks like a bloke to me. however I wish them every happiness.
By Lorna Wanstall. Posted July 12 2009 at 10:00 AM.
nice to see that chavs are commenting on transgender now innit?
By jason walsh. Posted July 12 2009 at 10:14 AM.
John thats a great view i know a lot of men who would have hit the roof but what you say is true,if you are in love with someone it makes no sifference.
By Adam. Posted July 12 2009 at 7:49 AM.
Good luck to you. Every one is entitled to try and find happiness.
By Samantha. Posted July 12 2009 at 6:55 AM.
she looks great - i only wish my girlfriend looked this fit.
Good on them both wish them well.
((my name is not Brian, just in case my girlfriend susses its me - sorry sarah !!))
By brian. Posted July 12 2009 at 1:09 AM.
Always check your girl doesn't have bigger hands than you and you should be alright, init.
By James. Posted July 12 2009 at 1:00 AM.