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#MuchWow: 4 Fabulous Models Who Are Shattering Beauty Standards

Let’s admit it. The fashion industry can be relentlessly cruel when it comes to following stilted beauty standards . There’s weird obsession with the perfect complexion, unreal bodies, perfect height, perfect hair, the list is endless. The few who didn’t meet the so-called set standard were often marginalised.

But you know what the goods part is? The tides are changing. There are a few blessed souls out there who are breaking beauty stereotypes.

Here are four beautiful women who are badass, unconventional, brave and celebrate their uniqueness every single day.

Chantelle Brown-Young

 

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First @VictoriasSecret fitting today!! Omg i can’t wait for you guys to see my looks next week!!

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Canadian fashion model Chantelle Brown-Young aka Winnie Harlow has vitiligo, a condition that causes skin depigmentation in some parts. After appearing on America’s top model, Winnie was signed by Desigual’s for their fall campaign.

 

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Tunnel Vision

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Speaking about her association with Desigual, she said the brand “stands for being unusual and unique and atypical, so they figured she’d e the perfect person. Also, they had a new line that had a lot of dots. And some of my skin patterns are dots.”

Dru Presta

 

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Only supporting those who want to break barriers just like me Keep it dapper with @balexzanderg bow ties and so much more. SHOP NOW

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Born with achondroplasia – a form of dwarfism, Dru, who is 3-feet, 4-inches tall, was often bullied at school for her condition. Secretly, she wanted to become a model and so she moved to LA.

 

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Legs legs legs

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Speaking to Bored Panda, she said, ” I want everybody in the fashion world just to be accepted. I want anybody to be able to walk that runway just like anybody else – whether you see them rolling down the runway in your wheelchair or on crutches.”

Jillian Mercado

 

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Thank you @instagram & @hispanicheritage foundation for awarding me the #MiVos #MyVoice award (the first of its kind!). As a Latinx with family from Dominican Republic __ it was such truly such an honor! Also THANK YOU @Tytryone for styling me on this magical nightdress by @elieyoussef_couture #hha31 – image description: red carpet photo. I was awarded the #mivos award so I wore a beautiful long pink dress with tiny flowers embroidered everywhere.

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A journalist and model, Jillian didn’t let her muscular dystrophy hold her back. She was featured in Diesel’s spring campaign and aims to redefine beauty standards and remind fashion brands that models like her exist and are beautiful in every sense.

Madeline Stuart

 

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“The more hate you wear, the less you care” Hate starts at a very early age with Down Syndrome, but it is the worst sort of hate, it is the hate that comes across in a accepted way for most of society. Before you are even born the doctors tell your parents they have options and an abortion is probably the best way to go. (We are not talking pro choice here people where a women may have been raped, a person is too young etc, we are talking about aborting a child because they may be too much hard work or not live up to the perfection standards of society) As you get older you are constantly hearing on the news or reading in the press how this country is aiming to eradicate Down syndrome or another country is extending termination time frames so people have more time to abort a baby with Down syndrome. Well so you know this hate has given me strength to show my worth and prove to the world I am here and I am worthy. I will be remembered for the right reasons, will you? #DieselHateCouture @diesel @diesel__us

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She happens to be the first model with Down Syndrome to walk the ramp. Walking at New York Fashion Week in 2015 was one of Madeline’s “biggest achievement”. She has walked for them 6 seasons in a row. Her biggest dream is to walk for Victoria’s Secret and one day, she hopes to walk for coveted designers like Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Versace.

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