AJ Clementine

{{short description|Australian model, internet celebrity, and writer}}

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| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia

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| agency = Precision MGMT

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Avery Jae Clementine (born 14 March 1996), known professionally as AJ Clementine,{{cite web | last=(Women) | first=Just Gold | title=Woman of the Week: AJ Clementine | website=Just Gold (Women) | date=26 February 2007 | url=https://justgoldwomen.net/news/f/woman-of-the-week-aj-clementine | access-date=18 May 2023}} is a Filipino-Australian model, actress, social media content creator, transgender activist, and writer. She is the first transgender person to model for the Australian clothing manufacturer Bonds, and made her runway debut in 2021 at Melbourne Fashion Week. In 2022, she authored the memoir Girl, Transcending: Becoming the woman I was born to be.

Early life and transition

Clementine grew up with her mother and stepfather and her brother, Dane, and half-siblings Kiana and Sean.{{Cite web |title=Getting personal with trans model AJ Clementine |url=https://www.frankbody.com/us/article/getting-personal-with-digital-creator-and-trans-model-aj-clementine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230119075723/https://www.frankbody.com/us/article/getting-personal-with-digital-creator-and-trans-model-aj-clementine/ |archive-date=2023-01-19 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Frank Body|date=9 March 2021 }} She also has a half-sister, Kali, from her biological father's second marriage. She is of Filipina descent through her mother, who immigrated to Australia from the Philippines.{{Cite news |date=February 10, 2022 |title='Girl, Transcending': a book by trans social media star, AJ Clementine |work=Yass Magazine |url=https://yassmagazine.org/2022/02/10/ajclementine/}}

Clementine, who was assigned male at birth but found out later in life she was born intersex, began socially transitioning into a woman at the age of sixteen.{{Cite news |last=Young |first=Brooke |date=January 18, 2022 |title=AJ Clementine On Navigating Puberty as a Trans Teen and Prioritising Dreams |work=Women's Health |url=https://www.womenshealth.com.au/aj-clementine-on-navigating-puberty-as-a-trans-teen-and-prioritising-dreams/}} She underwent gender affirmation surgery at the age of 22.{{Cite news |last=Young |first=Brooke |date=November 3, 2021 |title=LGBTIQ+ Advocate AJ Clementine On Becoming The Woman She Was Born To Be |work=Women's Health |url=https://www.womenshealth.com.au/lgbtiq-advocate-aj-clementine-wh-podcast-uninterrrupted/ |access-date=2023-01-19}}{{Cite news |last=Caines |first=Kimberley |date=2019-02-19 |title='Gender reassignment surgery saved my life': Inside the lives of Australian trans people - Part four |work=9News |publisher=Nine Entertainment Co. |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/transgender-news-australia-sex-change-gender-reassignment-surgery-self-harm-mental-health/277e85b3-84b1-4dbb-938d-31e55b46ba72}}

Career

Clementine uses the stage name AJ Clementine on her social media platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.{{Cite news |last=Austen |first=Ashleigh |date=2020-03-10 |title=Power Women: AJ Clementine On The Power Of Creating Inclusive Content |work=news.com.au |publisher=Nationwide News |url=https://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/beauty/power-women-aj-clementine-on-the-power-of-creating-inclusive-content/news-story/ae184cd8211c05ad32fffbd0345efcde |access-date=2023-01-19}}{{Cite podcast |url=https://outcastpod.com/2022/03/07/aj-clementine-coming-out-trans-representation/ |title=Model and LGBTQ advocate AJ Clementine on the power of trans representation in the media |website=OUTCast Podcast |last=Pentreath |first=Rosie |date=March 7, 2022 |access-date=2023-01-19}} She is represented by the talent agency Precision MGMT.{{Cite web |title=AJ Clementine |url=https://www.precisionmgmt.com.au/talent/aj-clementine |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Precision Management |archive-date=18 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118235219/https://www.precisionmgmt.com.au/talent/aj-clementine |url-status=dead }}

In 2020, she was a featured model as part of a partnership between Instagram and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.{{Cite news |date=2022-03-02 |title=Trans TikTok Star AJ Clementine Drops Major Pride Collab |work=Hit Network |url=https://www.hit.com.au/story/trans-tiktok-star-aj-clementine-drops-major-pride-collab-196573 |access-date=2023-01-19}} Later that year, Clementine walked the runway at the Priceline Pharmacy for Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival and became the first transgender model for the Australian clothing manufacturer Bonds.{{Cite podcast |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/sk/podcast/in-conversation-aj-clementine/id1352875216?i=1000495563426 |title=AJ Clementine |website=Shameless |publisher=Shameless Media |last=McDonald |first=Zara |last2=Andrews |first2=Michelle |date=2020-10-21}}{{Cite web |title=Trans model and advocate AJ Clementine walks her first show at Melbourne Fashion Week |url=https://www.acmi.net.au/works/119731--trans-model-and-advocate-aj-clementine-walks-her-first-show-at-melbourne-fashion-week/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=ACMI}} Also in 2020, Clementine became an ambassador for the Australian youth organisation Minus18 and released her own eyeshadow palette as part of a collaboration with Australis Cosmentics.

In 2021, she had brand partnerships with MECCA Australia, L'Oréal, Pandora, and The Walt Disney Company. In that year, she amassed 1.5 million followers on TikTok.{{Cite news |last=Zhou |first=Maggie |date=2021-10-05 |title='My Younger Self Would Be So Proud': AJ Clementine On Becoming Her Own Main Character |work=Refinery29 |publisher=Vice Media Group |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/aj-clementine-interview}}{{Cite news |last=Leach |first=Maddison |date=2021-10-15 |title=Transgender TikTok star AJ Clementine reveals her social media "turning point" |work=Girlfriend |url=https://www.girlfriend.com.au/aj-clementine-tiktok-transgender}}

She partnered with the French social media networking app Yubo for World Mental Health Day in 2021, the theme of which was Mental Health in an Unequal World.{{Cite web |title=AJ Clementine Celebrates World Mental Day on Yubo |url=https://www.yubo.live/blog/aj-clementine-celebrates-world-mental-day-on-yubo |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Yubo}}

In 2024, she met her boyfriend Jacob Lucas, a professional dating coach and social media influencer. They became engaged on 5 April 2025.{{Cite web |date=5 April 2025 |title=i said YES to my forever, we’re officially an engaged couple! |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DIDyNZHN9PR/ |access-date=5 July 2025 |website=www.instagram.com}}

Memoir

In 2022, she authored the memoir Girl, Transcending: Becoming the woman I was born to be.{{Cite web |date=October 21, 2021 |title=Trans childhood: AJ Clementine on toys and gender identity |url=https://archermagazine.com.au/2021/10/trans-childhoods-toys-aj-clementine/ |website=Archer Magazine}}{{Cite web |title=TikTok star and trans advocate AJ Clementine's 'constant battle' |url=https://nz.news.yahoo.com/tik-tok-star-trans-advocate-aj-clementine-constant-battle-064712947.html |website=nz.news.yahoo.com|date=2 November 2021 }}{{Cite news |last=Bennett |first=Freya |date=November 3, 2021 |title=Q & A with AJ Clementine |work=Ramona Magazine |url=https://ramonamag.com/2021/11/q-a-with-aj-clementine/ |access-date=2023-01-19}}