POWER WHEELCHAIR MODELS: RAW BEAUTY PROJECT LA 2016

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“Thank you for your love, prayers, and support. It was a blessing seeing you at the Raw Beauty Project LA event!” Margarita Elizondo power wheelchair model

— with Hillary Marides.

As some of you may know  my mother, Hillary Stevens, was  a Carole Nash model in Boston in the 197o’s. In her day wheelchair models were unheard of. I did one modeling shoot with mom as kid for a friend of my mother’s who was opening a photograpy studio in Lynn. He thought my photos were cute. so he featured them in the front window of his studio. During the photo shoot mom either picked me up or sat me in a regular chair.

Last Weekend I attended Raw Beauty Project LA 2016. All the models were wheelchair users! Thank God modeling has come along way since I was a kid. On August 2, 2016 I auditioned for LA Fashion…

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