Caitlyn Jenner Marks First Anniversary of Her Vanity Fair Cover: ‘Nothing Like Living Your Life Authentically’

(Photo: Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair)

Wednesday marked an important anniversary for Caitlyn Jenner. June 1 was the day she formally introduced herself to the world by way of the July 2015 cover of Vanity Fair.

By then, Olympian-turned-reality star Bruce Jenner had already revealed in a highly publicized April 2015 interview with Diane Sawyer his plans to transition. However, the world got their very first look at Caitlyn as a woman — and learned of Jenner’s new name — in a gorgeous Vanity Fair photo spread, wearing designer clothing that would make her daughters envious, and all beautifully shot by celeb photographer Annie Leibovitz. It was a big moment.

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Jenner herself recognized the day with an Instagram video she captioned, “Can’t believe it’s been one year since the @vanityfair cover. So happy, best year of my life #happyfirstbirthday#callmecait #learningtolive."

"Nothing like living your life authentically,” she said in the short clip. “It’s been so much fun!” While Caitlyn hasn’t been around long and she’s often controversial, she’s made an impact. She’s headlined her own E! reality show, I Am Cait, broke President Obama’s record for being the fastest to gain one million followers on Twitter when she did it in just four hours, and was named the runner-up for Time’s Person of the Year. In that way, Caitlyn has given audiences an up-close look at the transgender community, albeit just one experience.

In a piece headlined, “Did Caitlyn Jenner Help or Hinder the Trans Revolution?” John Cullen and Nick Casper, of the Susan B. Anthony Center at the University of Rochester, wrote in the latest Newsweek that, for most Americans, Caitlyn has become “the reference point for their perceptions and expectations of transgender people. Unfortunately, her experience is hardly representative of the rest of the population. Caitlyn has about as much privilege as a trans woman in America could possibly attain.”

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Expect the media’s attention to the star to continue. Caitlyn will also mark the 40th anniversary of winning a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal this summer. Sports Illustrated announced Wednesday that it will commemorate the occasion with a cover story in the magazine, on newsstands June 8, and film, Jenner: 40 Years After Gold, on its website.

Back in that 2015 interview accompanying her Vanity Fair photo spread, Caitlyn compared the experiences of taking home the Olympic gold medal and of posing for the magazine, knowing the images would be there for all to see.

“That was a good day,” Caitlyn told writer Buzz Bissinger. “But the last couple of days were better.”