Mia Freitas of Westport will appear on two Jumbotron screens in Times Square on September 12. Her mom submitted the photo back in January and had almost given up on hearing anything.
Thanks to her many supporters and advocates, Madeline Stuart is going to be participating in New York Fashion week as a model.
Stuart is an 18 year old model who happens to also have down syndrome. She has been a long time advocate for people with disabilities and hopes to use her platform to bring awareness to the treatment of disabled people and how they are just like everyone else...
Starting a modeling career is tough for anyone. Adding a disability to the equation should be near impossible, but one 18-year-old is proving that wrong.