The Kansas city Star: A model with Down syndrome fulfills her fashion week dream

Model Marian Avila wears an outfit from the Talisha White 2019 spring collection on the runway during Fashion Week, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, in New York. Avila, a 21-year-old Spanish model with Down syndrome, fulfilled her dream to walk at New York Fashion Week thanks to White, the Atlanta designer she met through the magic of social media. Leanne ItalieAP Photo

Marian Avila, a 21-year-old Spanish model with Down syndrome, fulfilled her dream to walk at New York Fashion Week thanks to an Atlanta designer she met through the magic of social media.

And she did it with flair Saturday in the ballroom of a Midtown hotel in evening looks of red and gold, her parents and siblings in the audience and other models who have challenges by her side…

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