Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Taya Kennedy, who was born with Down's, is a modelling star


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Taya Kennedy, who was born with Down's, is a modelling star

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JOHN SMEATON, SPUC DIRECTOR

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Taya Kennedy, who was born with Down's, is a modelling star

With profuse apologies to the Daily Mail - and I urge you to read their story in full - allow me to lift a substantial quotation from a proud mum, Gemma Andre, speaking about the achievement of her beautiful daughter, Taya Kennedy - both pictured right.

"I always believed my daughter was stunning but I thought, 'I’m her mum. I’m biased,'" she says.

"When the agency rang me and said, 'We want her on our books. She’s absolutely beautiful', I was delighted.

"I asked them if they were aware she had Down’s Syndrome. They said: 'It’s immaterial. We’ve accepted her.' At that moment I burst into tears. I was overjoyed, not so much because Taya was going to be a model. More importantly, she had competed on equal terms with every other child and succeeded ... "

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