New York: Less than two years after making her runway debut, Australian-born model Madeline Stuart, who has Down syndrome, has launched her own fashion label at New York Fashion Week.
Stuart challenged fashion industry norms with her first catwalk appearance in 2015 and is credited with changing perceptions about people with Down syndrome. She hopes to do the same with her new label, 21 Reasons Why by Madeline Stuart.
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Brisbane teen at New York Fashion Week
Madeline Stuart receives a standing ovation as the 18-year-old model with down syndrome makes her debut in New York. Nine News
The collection's name is a nod to Stuart turning 21 this year and the extra copy of chromosome 21 that is characteristic of Down syndrome.
"It really does represent who she is," Roseanne Stuart, Madeline's mother, manager and design collaborator, said about the collection that will be sold exclusively online.
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Since first stepping on the runway, the Brisbane-based model has not looked back and has appeared in fashion shows around the globe.
After walking in two other shows in New York, she is heading to Paris and then Los Angeles and other US cities before returning to Australia in late April.
Speaking with Fairfax Media in 2015, Roseanne said her daughter had struggled with her weight most of her life but went on a healthy eating kick and lost almost 20 kilograms.
Mrs Stuart then created her Facebook page in a bid to help her daughter chase her dreams.
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