The model's meteoric rise has led to a life of constant travel. Here's how she keeps it together while spreading awareness about disability and body inclusivity.
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Here is a list of 20 disabled models who are making waves in the modelling world and how they got their starts in the industry.
One model became the world's first male amputee to walk on the NYFW catwalk.
The Fashion Industry Is Becoming More Inclusive Of People With Disabilities And NYFW Is Proof
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She sings in multimedia pop acts, and she rocks a different prosthesis depending on the performance.
The Kenneth Cole campaign star on what beauty means to her.
Lauren Wasser, 27, from LA, developed toxic shock syndrome (TSS) in 2012 and was sure she'd never model again after her right leg was amputated below the knee.
The Fashion Without Borders show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia involved dozens of models with various physical disabilities.
The models were showing off designs for Takafumi Tsuruta's label Tenbo during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Tokyo, which runs for five days in October.
Haitian-American blogger and model Cacsmy Brutus, who goes by Mama Càx, can be seen in the new ASOS ads performing challenging yoga poses in pink and orange leggings.
Disabled fashion model, Debbie van der Putten, who is an amputee, tells Disability Horizons how she is proud to be a disabled model,
It's time fashion started properly reflecting the people who wear and support it.
We've made incredible advances in technology in recent years, but too often it seems only certain fortunate people can benefit. Engineer Krista Donaldson introduces the ReMotion knee, a prosthetic device for above-knee amputees, many of whom earn less than $4 a day. The design contains best-in-class technology and yet is far cheaper than other prosthetics on the market.
