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She has also made appearances in videos telling her story, as well as awareness campaigns about Down Syndrome encouraging the community that there's no limits to accomplish one's dreams. In February 2022, Jirau became the first-ever model with Down Syndrome to be hired by the American retail company Victoria's Secret.
Background. Trisomy 21, an extra copy of the 21st chromosome, is responsible for causing Down syndrome, and the mouse chromosome 16 closely resembles human chromosome 21. [1] In 1979, trisomy of the mouse chromosome 16 (Ts16) initially showed potential to be a model organism for human Down syndrome. [2] However, Ts16 embryos rarely survive ...
Madeline Stuart (born 13 November 1996) is an Australian model with Down syndrome. She has appeared on the New York Fashion Week catwalk , and has also walked Paris fashion week, London fashion week, Runway Dubai, Russian fashion week, Mercedes Benz fashion week China and many more.
Sofía Jirau is the first model with Down syndrome to star in a Victoria’s Secret campaign. The 24-year-old Puerto Rican model was tapped as one of the faces for the Love Cloud Collection, a...
Sofía Jirau, a 24-year-old model from Puerto Rico, has made history as Victoria Secret’s first Down syndrome model after joining the brand's new Love Cloud campaign.
Through their work on the islands of Puerto Rico, entrepreneur Chris González and model Sofía Jirau show that their potential is limitless despite growing up with Down syndrome.
Down syndrome or Down's syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. It is usually associated with developmental delays, mild to moderate intellectual disability, and characteristic physical features.
Sofía Jirau has made history as the first model for Victoria’s Secret with Down syndrome, after joining 17 other women in launching the brand’s new campaign.
Kathryn "Katie" Meade (born 18 May 1983) is an American model, widely considered to be "the first model with Down syndrome to become the face of a beauty campaign." Meade was born in Des Moines, Iowa in a family of three female children to Tom and Becky Meade.
This 18-year-old girl with down syndrome is destroying barriers in the world of fashion as she pursues a successful modeling career.
