She’s attractive, She Has Down Syndrome, and She’s Fashion Week’s Freshest Face

New York Fashion Week is known for showcasing upcoming trends.

Madeline Stuart, the 18-year-old model with Down syndrome, has just landed herself a spot on the New York Fashion Week runway.

Stuart first made headlines this year after attractive photos of the inspiring model went viral.

Oh yeah, well Stuart is noteworthy beyond other models because she’s doing this with Down syndrome, and still dominating the catwalk. “I would just like people to accept, love, and show kindness”, Madeline wrote on her Facebook page.

Stuart follows in the footsteps of one of her biggest inspirations, actor Jamie Brewer of American Horror Story, who walked the runway in February.

“Her doctors told me she would never achieve anything”, Roseanne said earlier this year.

She’ll model clothes with FTL MODA in association with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, according to Cosmopolitan. Take a look at more of Madeline’s pics here, and stay tuned for her NYFW appearance.

Although Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal disorder-roughly one child is born with Down syndrome for every 1,000 births worldwide-recent studies have demonstrated that ignorance and intolerance toward people with intellectual disabilities remains rampant.

“She’s been requested to do plenty of stuff and I hoped too she’d get requested to do NYFW however I assumed it will occur”.

When asked whether the world is ready for Madeline to be in the spotlight, she responded: “The world wants to be inclusive, it just hasn’t had anyone on such a platform that they were able to do it easily”.

Madeline has been having a great deal of success posing for Manifesta, a fitness brand, and recently being named the face of eco-friendly everMaya’s new line of handbags.

In an interview with The Huffington Post last month, Stuart discussed how she and her daughter select which brands to work with.