A baby girl born with albinism was abandoned by her parents. She looked too “weird” for them and left her at an orphanage door. Try not to smile when you see her today

A London-based photographer took her under his wing and treated her how a model should be treated. Her appearance in the June 2019 issue of Vogue Italia was made possible by their stunning photo shoot!

“At the time, I didn’t know what an important magazine it was and it took me a while to realize why people got so excited about it,” recalls.

“There are still models who are like eight foot two and skinny but now people with disabilities or differences are featured more in the media and this is great – but it should be normal,” she said in the interview.

“Maybe because I cannot see everything properly I focus more on people’s voices and what they have to say,” she said. “So their inner beauty is more important to me.”

She hopes to alter how people perceive those who are albino.In order to raise awareness of albinism and to emphasize that it is a hereditary illness rather than a curse, she wants to use modeling.Since being “an albino” implies that you are defined by your albinism, it is preferable to refer to the subject as “a person with albinism.”

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