Throughout their lives many disabled girls are taught by the our cultures idealized
images of beauty, that beauty is not for
everyone, beauty belongs to a certain body type and a certain face. They are
excluded from those worlds of fashion and beauty that so many girls longs to be a
part of, Katie Meade is striving to change this. Born with Down Syndrome, Katie
refuses to fall in to the constraints and be defined by the labels of a society that often invizibilizes or misunderstands those with disabilities. In
2015 Katie became the first woman with Down Syndrome to be the face of a beauty
campaign. The company Beauty & Pin-ups specializes in makeup and hair care and
chose Katie to be the face of their new hair care campaign entitled Fearless.
Katie is extremely confident and successful. She wants to change the way people
think about those with disabilities.“Its
fun to show everybody that if you have disabilities, you can also have
abilities…Beauty belongs to everyone.” -Katie Meade
I love stories like this - thanks for sharing !
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