When Alexandra Kutas headlined a recent fashion show in Kiev it was not just a personal dream come true but also a victory for disabled people in her homeland Ukraine.
Wearing a long, black dress, she wowed the crowd as she was carried across the catwalk on a wooden throne by four trim men, becoming the first model with a disability to take the lead in a high-profile event in the country.
‘I had the idea that I wanted to do a catwalk and show that a girl in a wheelchair can be perceived as a first-class professional’, she told AFP.
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Source: Gulf times
