Munroe Bergdorf

Munroe Bergdorf is an internationally renowned activist, model, writer and broadcaster. Appointed as British Vogue Contributing Editor in 2022, UN Women Changemaker since 2019, Bergdorf is a proud ambassador for gender variant and transgender youth charity Mermaids, a founding consultant of L’Oreal Paris’ UK Diversity and Inclusion Board, host of the critically acclaimed podcast ‘The Way We Are’ for Spotify, fronts MTV hit show Queerpiphany and is soon to release her highly anticipated debut book Transitional via Bloomsbury in 2023. She has also spoken at international institutions from Oxford to The United Nations Headquarters.

Bergdorf’s media career to date includes bylines and editing roles such as LGBTQ+ editor at Dazed Beauty, plus writing credits across British Vogue, Grazia, i-D, Evening Standard and The Guardian.

As a model, Bergdorf has worked with a range of brands including Mulberry, Gypsy Sport and The Blonds and has covered a range of media titles including British Vogue, TIME, TeenVogue, Hunger, Stylist, Time Out London, Attitude magazine, GLAMOUR, Gay Times, GQ Style – she also made history appearing as the first trans cover star of Cosmopolitan magazine to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

Awards and accolades for Bergdorf include Glamour Women of the Year ‘Beauty Gamechanger’ 2022, TIME Magazine Next Generation Leaders 2020, Glamour ‘Gamechanger’ 2020, Attitude ‘Hero of the Year’, Gay Times Honours 2021, Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Brighton and much more.