Jemma came to my Takoma Park, Maryland studio in February 2026 for her first-ever MtF makeover and photoshoot. A community theatre veteran with a lifelong love of golden-age Hollywood, she finally got to write her own role — not the villain, not the starlet, but something she’d always wanted to be: the girl next door. Her look was casual, natural, and completely her own. “I felt like I finally saw myself — ‘there she is’ — and I couldn’t stop smiling.”

Read more: “I Couldn’t Stop Smiling”: Jemma’s Girl-Next-Door MtF Makeover

Jemma laughs while holding a book on Irish history during her girl-next-door MtF makeover and photoshoot at Makeovers with Elizabeth Taylor's studio in Takoma Park, Maryland near Washington, DC
Jemma reads a book on the studio sofa against a warm brick wall backdrop during her natural MtF makeover and photoshoot at Makeovers with Elizabeth Taylor near Washington, DC
Jemma sits on the studio sofa in a casual girl-next-door en femme look — olive green blouse, straight-leg jeans, and a dark wavy wig — at Makeovers with Elizabeth Taylor in Takoma Park, Maryland
Jemma stands against a white backdrop in an olive green ruched button-up blouse and straight-leg jeans during her crossdresser makeover and photoshoot at Makeovers with Elizabeth Taylor near Washington, DC

Makeup artistry and photography by Elizabeth Anne Taylor. Wardrobing from the studio collection. Photos taken at Beth’s MtF transformation studio in Takoma Park, Maryland near Washington, DC. Book your total makeover and photoshoot online.

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