No need to have the body of Emily Ratajkowski, Lily-Rose Depp or Gigi Hadid to make a name in the world of fashion. Despite the demands of the environment, more and more of them are sweeping away the prejudices and imposing their atypical beauty on the catwalks. Zoom on 10 models who made their difference their strength.
Different, beautiful and international models
1 / Winnie Harlow
Her real name Chantelle Brown Young, this Canadian model is suffering from vitiligo, a skin disease that is characterized by white spots, depigmentation, on the body. This autoimmune disease (which also suffered Michael Jackson) is far from easy to assume, and the young woman has the expense of teasing his classmates. Spotted by Tyra Banks during her stint on "America's next top model", she is now one of the most popular models and has worked for Desigual, Diesel, Swarovski ... Now, more 3.1 million people appreciate its beauty on Instagram.
2 / Madeline Stuart
His story is unpublished. Never seen. The Australian Madeline Stuart claims to be the first international supermodel with trisomy 21 . At the age of 21, she marched alongside the biggest names in fashion at Fashion Weeks in London, Paris and New York, passing on her desire to "change society's vision of people with disabilities through modeling".
3 / Lauren Wasser
His story helped shed light on the dangers of tampons. In 2012, Lauren suffered a Toxic Shock Syndrome (SCT) linked to a spread of golden staphylococci following the use of a hygienic tampon. The consequences are dramatic and it must be amputated a leg. Six years later, the young American is preparing to undergo the amputation of her second leg. However, she did not give up her modeling career. Better, it is involved for a better knowledge and prevention of the TBS.
4 / Rebekah Marine
Born without forearms, this young American has had many rejections before being asked a bionic prosthesis and an agency gives him a chance. She was right to persist: 25,700 people welcome her journey and follow her adventures on Instagram every day.
5 / Brunette Moffy
Model and student in a prestigious London university, Brunette Moffy has a particularity: she suffers from strabismus. But that did not stop him from being noticed by the agency Storm Models, who discovered Kate Moss . Since then, she has collaborated with H & M, Chanel ...
6 / Melanie Gaydos
Melanie Gaydos lives her American dream. But the future was not all traced for the young woman, since she has ectodermal dysplasia, a set of diseases that affect the skin, growth of hair, eyelashes, teeth, nails ... The atypical physics of Melanie still allowed her to make a name for herself. Today, she inspires creators, who seek more and more.
7 / Diandra Forrest
At 28, the young African-American does not owe his atypical look to a fad. If, today, thousands of Internet users are interested in her daily life (149 000 subscribers on Instagram) and that the solicitations of the creators rain by dozens, everything has not always been so easy for the young woman affected by albinism.
8 / Thando Hopa
Like Diandra Forrest, South African supermodel Thando Hopa suffers from albinism.
9 / Kanya Sesser
Kanya Sesser is not only a model, she is also a great sportswoman! Born without legs, abandoned by her parents ... This young Thai poses today for Nike, Ripcurl, Billabong and lingerie brands. A beautiful revenge!
10 / Jillian Mercado
Reaching a muscular dystrophy that requires her to be in a wheelchair, the New Yorker signed a model contract with the agency IMG in 2015. Since then she has been posing for Diesel, Fromation (Beyoncé's brand ) and many women's magazines. A good example.
