Corey is 14 years old. She is bright and beautiful and loves make up, clothes and, well, most things that girls her age enjoy. So why has this photograph sparked so much controversy?
Corey may be a girl, but she was born a boy - and now she has become the viral (and stunning) face of a new fight against prejudice towards the transgender community, following controversial new laws in North Carolina.
Photographer Meg Britton, who took the photo of Corey, wrote a post on Facebook slamming the new laws that stipulate that a person should use the correct male or female bathroom according to the sex that is on their birth certificate.
Which means that if Michigan-based Corey lived in a different state, she would be forced to go in to the men's room in public places. It's a sobering thought, and one that has sparked lively debate since Meg posted her opinion piece on Facebook.
Corey is just like any other teenage girl. Facebook.
"If this was YOUR daughter, would you be comfortable sending her into a men's bathroom? Neither would I. Be fair. Be kind. Be empathetic. Treat others how you would like to be treated," Meg wrote.
The bathroom issue
Meg later edited her post to elaborate. "I guess I need to edit this post. Corey IS TRANSGENDER," she wrote.
"Third Post: for those STILL not able to understand: If this was YOUR daughter, would you be comfortable sending her into a men's bathroom? Neither would I. Corey Maison is transgender. She was born with male anatomy but identifies as a female.
"Under the new laws, SHE would be forced to use the men's room. Therefore, I would not be comfortable sending HER into the men's room if she was my daughter.
"Fourth Post: Corey helped with her make up AND I edited the image FOR her, the way SHE would like it. Not for me and certainly not for any of you."
A lively debate
So far Meg has had over 14,000 comments on her page, and while the majority are in support of Corey, others are not.
"No matter what, still a male," posts one woman. "I have rights too; I don't want to share my restroom with a male. Period. Why do my rights not matter?"
Later, Meg reveals that, despite the divided opinion - and the inevitable trolling her words attracted - Corey's mum, Erica, was happy for the post to remain on Facebook to raise awareness of transgender issues.
"PLEASE BE ASSURED that I do not in anyway support the trolling insanity I am seeing here and I VERY MUCH appreciate all the positivity around Corey as does she AND her family," wrote Meg.
'People would laugh and point.'
Corey was pulled out of school in the fifth grade after being bullied, and it wasn't until she was 11 years old that she and Erica realised that she was transgender and Corey began to dress like a girl.
"Her hair was still very short and she still looked like a boy," Erica told Buzzfeed.
"People would give her dirty looks and take photos of her on their cell phone cameras. They would laugh, and point, and stare.
"I told Corey, 'Every time someone points their phone at you to take a picture, you turn and smile and strike a pose!' That really boosted her self-esteem."
In September last year, Erica posted an emotional video on YouTube of her ecstatic daughter on her 14th birthday receiving her first dose of hormones.
"We were both crying and shaking," says Erica.
It seems like despite obstacles in her path, Corey has some fierce - and fabulous - girl power behind her.
Watch the video of Erica's present to Corey here:
