Mara Orendain La Torre is a fashion model. She also joined the Miss Universe Philippines in 2021 but failed to make it in the Top 100 official candidates. She underwent sex reassignment surgery. She first gained media attention after sharing her discrimination story to the public when two security guards at her workplace asked her not to use the female restroom. It was met with mixed reactions from the public especially when she became the banner story of an anti-discrimination policy that gave way to the building of gender-neutral bathrooms in the Philippines even in the absence of a national law.