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PHOTOS: B.C. teen model shines on Paris runway

Fashion-week experience one of true inclusion: mom

A South Surrey teen who walked the runway during Paris Fashion Week had all the right moves during her brief few seconds of fame, giving the red JJChlo茅_official gown and feathered @chrisanthicouture_ headpiece she was decked out in some well-deserved flair on the international stage.

But ask the 15-year-old today 91裸聊视频 just weeks after her return 91裸聊视频 if she91裸聊视频檚 still riding high from the experience, and her response may come as a surprise.

91裸聊视频淧eople ask her about it, she covers her face91裸聊视频 91裸聊视频(says) 91裸聊视频榠t91裸聊视频檚 kind of embarrassing,91裸聊视频91裸聊视频 Annika Van Vliet91裸聊视频檚 mom, Lisa, chuckled Thursday (Oct. 26).

For Lisa, the reaction is nothing new. It91裸聊视频檚 how her daughter has always rolled when it comes to the modelling career the teen stepped into about a year ago.

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Represented by 91裸聊视频 an Edmonton-based 91裸聊视频渄isability-focused talent and media company91裸聊视频 91裸聊视频 Annika has given television interviews, posed for numerous photo shoots and walked fashion-week runways in both Vancouver and Toronto since being discovered during a Glam-Z gala in June 2022.

In September, she was larger than life in the Big Apple, when an image of her was part of a jumbotron video presentation in New York91裸聊视频檚 Times Square to launch the 2023 Buddy Walk, an annual event to raise awareness for Down syndrome in the U.S.

Shy in her day-to-day life, it91裸聊视频檚 clear Annika transforms in front of the camera (@annika.jillian), leaving all her inhibitions behind-the-scenes to revel in the limelight. Once a shoot wraps up, however, the experience is 91裸聊视频渙ut of sight out of mind.91裸聊视频

91裸聊视频淭he minute she91裸聊视频檚 done, it91裸聊视频檚 over,91裸聊视频 said Lisa. 91裸聊视频淧eople are blown away by the difference.91裸聊视频

In Paris, Annika walked for La Belle magazine. She trained for months to master the precise moves that would be expected of her overseas, then hopped a plane with her mom for the Sept. 25-Oct. 2 affair.

The pair took in a few of France91裸聊视频檚 well-known sites ahead of her Oct. 1 debut, including the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre.

Her time on the runway in the Le Bristol Paris hotel lasted all of 22 seconds, and true to form, Annika91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渁lter ego91裸聊视频 took over for the duration.

Lisa described the experience as one of 91裸聊视频渢rue inclusion,91裸聊视频 one where Annika91裸聊视频檚 Down syndrome did not define her.

91裸聊视频淪he was just one of the models 91裸聊视频 just blended in, did her own thing. And that91裸聊视频檚 what we like to see,91裸聊视频 her mom said.

91裸聊视频淭he minute she stands out, she91裸聊视频檚 not included.91裸聊视频



Tracy Holmes

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