TRANSGENDER, VITILIGO & MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY – HOW THESE MODELS ARE MAKING IT BIG
Written by Vidhi GandhiApr 27, 2015
These amazingly gorgeous women have changed the way the world perceives beauty. Bold and beautiful, they destroyed the narrow-minded notions that dominated the fashion and beauty world with their unusual looks. Paying an ode to them and their work we list down 5 women who are changing the international modelling game today.
Lea T
The transgender model has appeared in many editorials and strutted on Givenchy runways. In 2014, she also became the face of Redken, making her the first openly transgender model for a global cosmetics brand.
Winnie Harlow
A 19-year-old model with vitiligo, a chronic skin disease that causes loss of skin colour in blotches, Winnie put up a YouTube video in 2011 where she spoke candidly about the disease and that led her to enter ‘America’s Next Top Model’. She just landed in a Spring campaign with Diesel and is walking runways around the world.
Jillian Mercado
Challenged with muscular dystrophy, you’ll see in campaigns for Diesel and Nordstrom. And although she uses a wheelchair, her modelling game’s on point!
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Andreja Pejic
A successful androgynous male model and now a transgender woman, she appears on multiple runways for Jean Paul Gaultier. She walks in both men’s and women’s shows and boldly describes herself as living “in between genders”.
Jamie Brewer
Famous for her role on ‘American Horror Story’, this 30-year-old actor was the first model with Down Syndrome to ever walk in the New York Fashion Week. Her part in Carrie Hammer’s ‘Role Models Not Runway Models’ campaign was a step forward in being a role model and encourage women to show who they are.
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Hey guys. This is Vidhi Gandhi- A style junkie and blogger! Fashion, style and coffee keeps me sane and I am mad about shopping. I could go shop in any part of the world and never get bored of it. Apart from the usual fashion activities I am addicted to my boyfriend who thinks I am fabulous and could rule the world! Though he thinks I am a bit too much but I know he madly admires me.
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Written by Vidhi Gandhi on Apr 27, 2015