You might recognize Jamie Brewer from American Horror Story, in which she's had a recurring role since 2011. But the 30-year-old actress broke another barrier Thursday, becoming the first model with Down syndrome to walk during New York's Fashion Week. Brewer modeled as part of Carrie Hammer's "Role Models Not Runway Models" campaign, wearing an original design by Hammer. "There's a woman named Katie Driscoll," Brewer tells People a few hours after her history-making walk, "who has a campaign called 'Changing the Trace of Beauty.' She wrote a letter to Carrie congratulating her on 2014 New York Fashion Week show that...
- 2/12/2015
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
This cute toddler with Down Syndrome is helping to change the stereotype of what a model is supposed to look like. Izzy Bradley, 2, from Stillwater, Minneapolis, graced the pages of last Sunday's newspaper in a Target advertisement playing with a wooden activity cube. Target reached out to the Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network (Dsdn), which provides support for parents of children with Down Syndrome, asking for pictures of kids willing to model for them, according to Wcco. That's when Bradley was selected and took part in the photo shoot in September. "She did really well," Heather Bradley, Izzy's mom and head...
- 12/20/2014
- by Alexandra Zaslow, @alexandrazaslow
- PEOPLE.com
Katie Driscoll calls it a campaign - but others might call it a crusade. Either way, for the past two years she has been on a vigorous mission to help cast children and adults with intellectual disabilities or physical differences in advertisements ranging from local to international. "We're a society that's all about inclusion for children," Driscoll, 40, of Palos Park, Illinois, tells People. "But when you look at imagery, you almost never see children with disabilities of any kind." In 2012, she and her friend, Steve English, created a website, Changing the Face of Beauty, to promote the use of special-needs models in mainstream ads.
- 8/21/2014
- by Anne Lang,@news2lang
- PEOPLE.com
Katie Driscoll calls it a campaign - but others might call it a crusade. Either way, for the past two years she has been on a vigorous mission to help cast children and adults with intellectual disabilities or physical differences in advertisements ranging from local to international. "We're a society that's all about inclusion for children," Driscoll, 40, of Palos Park, Illinois, tells People. "But when you look at imagery, you almost never see children with disabilities of any kind." In 2012, she and her friend, Steve English, created a website, Changing the Face of Beauty, to promote the use of special-needs models in mainstream ads.
- 8/21/2014
- by Anne Lang,@news2lang
- PEOPLE.com
He went from pre-teen "shrimp" in About a Boy to the sexy face of Skins. Now, Nicholas Hoult is set to crack Hollywood. His only problem is working out how he feels about it all
"Oh no. Interview, uh oh. I always panic about these things." Nicholas Hoult does look genuinely apprehensive, which is annoying because he's been perfectly at ease until now. He arrived promptly at the west London studio where he's to be photographed at 9am on this December Monday morning, introducing himself very politely to everyone. He swapped jeans and hooded top for a dapper suit by Tom Ford, the fashion designer whose directorial debut, A Single Man, stars Hoult alongside Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, then chatted away with the make-up artist about his newly shorn head, a crop to cut out hair extensions for his role in upcoming CGI blockbuster Clash of the Titans. But...
"Oh no. Interview, uh oh. I always panic about these things." Nicholas Hoult does look genuinely apprehensive, which is annoying because he's been perfectly at ease until now. He arrived promptly at the west London studio where he's to be photographed at 9am on this December Monday morning, introducing himself very politely to everyone. He swapped jeans and hooded top for a dapper suit by Tom Ford, the fashion designer whose directorial debut, A Single Man, stars Hoult alongside Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, then chatted away with the make-up artist about his newly shorn head, a crop to cut out hair extensions for his role in upcoming CGI blockbuster Clash of the Titans. But...
- 1/31/2010
- by Alice Fisher
- The Guardian - Film News
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