Carlson was runner-up in the 2005 series of NZ Idol, losing to Rosita Vai, and was also runner-up to Joe Cotton in the 2007 talent series Pop's Ultimate Star. The NZ Idol contestant, formerly called Nik Carlson, will have her gender reassignment surgery documented in an upcoming episode of new TV One show Beauty and the Beach, Woman's Day reports. In the latest edition of Woman's Day, Lee reveals she had four operations in Phuket to complete her gender reassignment. Nikki Lee says she "crawled into my bed for three days" to decide if she should reveal her sex change operation on prime time television. "I enjoyed being male - I had a good life as a guy.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 27, 2016 21:22 UTC