AJ Clementine

Clementine was born on 14 March 1996. She grew up with her mother and stepfather and her brother, Dane, and half-siblings Kiana and Sean.[1][2] She also has a half-sister, Kali, from her biological father's second marriage.[1] She is of Filipino descent through her mother, who immigrated to Australia from the Philippines.[3][4]

Clementine, who was assigned male at birth, began socially transitioning into a woman at the age of eighteen.[5][3][6] She underwent gender affirmation surgery at the age of twenty-two.[3][7][8]

Clementine is represented by the talent agency Precision MGMT.[9] In 2020, she was a featured model as part of a partnership between Instagram and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.[9][10] 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.[9][11][12] Also in 2020, Clementine became an ambassador for the Australian youth organization Minus18 and released her own eyeshadow palette as part of a collaboration with Australis Cosmentics.[9]

In 2021, she had brand partnerships with MECCA Australia, L'Oréal, Pandora, and The Walt Disney Company.[9]

In 2022, she authored the memoir Girl, Transcending: Becoming the woman I was born to be.[1][6][13]

Clementine uses the stage name AJ Clementine on her social media platforms including YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.[9][14][15] In 2021, she amassed 1.5 million followers on TikTok.[3][16]

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.[17]