Lilo ka 'Olumepika Kūikawā i kumu ho'ohālike mua me ka Down Syndrome i ka ho'olaha nani o ka 'āina
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"ʻO ia ke ʻano hoʻouluulu a ka honua uʻi e nalo nei," kākau ka lālani lauoho a Beauty & Pin-up ma kā lākou Instagram, a ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi: ʻo Katie Meade maoli nō ka wahine haʻihaʻi i kēlā me kēia ʻano o ka huaʻōlelo. .
ʻO ka ʻĀlapa Hoʻolaha Kūloko ma mua he ʻelele no ka laikini, e hoʻolilo iā ia i kumu hoʻohālike mua loa me Down Syndrome e hoʻokō i ka hana. Ma muli o kēia milestone i ka poʻomanaʻo poʻomanaʻo o ka makahiki 2015 a Jamie Brewer i hana ai no ka lilo ʻana i kumu hoʻohālike mua me Down syndrome e hele i ke ala holo ma New York Fashion Week. (E launa hou me nā wahine ikaika e hoʻololi ana i ka maka o ka mana o ke kaikamahine e like me kā mākou e ʻike ai.)
ʻO ka mea weliweli loa e pili ana i ka launa pū ʻana o Meade me Beauty & Pin-ups ʻaʻole ia he waha ʻōlelo wale nō-ʻo ia nō ka mea i hoʻoulu ʻia ma hope o ka hoʻolauna hou loa o ka brand, Fearless, kahi pale maka lauoho koʻikoʻi i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻoponopono hou i nā mea pohō, nā māhele mahae, a me nā kaula hoʻoilo o ka hoʻoilo. ʻoiai ke kōkua ʻana e hoʻokūkū i kāna mau kumu ponoʻī - kahi ʻāpana o nā loaʻa e hele pololei i Best Budies International, kahi hui aloha i hana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā ola o ka poʻe me ke kino kīnā a me ka hoʻomohala. (ʻOiaʻiʻo leʻaleʻa: ʻo Best Budies kahi i pili mua ai ʻo Meade a me Beauty & Pin-ups CEO Kenny Kahn).
Ua lawe ʻo Instagrammers a me Facebookers i nā ʻaoʻao o ka brand e hīmeni i kā lākou hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka super strong Special Olympic vet, nona ka papa inoa o nā haʻuki heluhelu e like me ka papa inoa o nā hanana āpau: aquatics, gymnastics, athletics, basketball and softball. "Ikaika loa ʻo ia!" ua kuhikuhi kekahi mea hoʻopuka i kāna biceps koʻikoʻi. ʻAe mākou-ʻo kekahi mau mea pepehi kanaka. (Makemake hou i inspo? E nānā iā Hammer Thrower Amanda Bingson, ʻo wai ʻo "200 Paona a me Kicking Ass.")
He mea kupanaha ka lauoho o Meade ma nā hoʻolaha o ka brand. ʻAlohilohi kāna curl, frizz-ʻole, a kīnā ʻole. A inā hiki iā mākou ke kiʻi i nā lauoho e like me kēlā me ka makaʻu ʻole e like me Meade, ʻĀ, mākaukau mākou e hoʻoponopono i ko mākou lauoho.