Friday, July 3, 2009

Aimee Mullins

aimee mullins, athlete


(this post is a continuation of the last one I published)

Thanks to Jessica I found out more about this girl. I already knew her but I didn't know she was the same person in the Dazed & Confused cover. Her name is Aimee Mullins, a very well-known athlete. In addition, she has worked as a model for several magazines and of course, for Alexander Mcqueen . She walked in one of his shows (I couldn't find a photo, but you'll see it in the second video) wearing a pair of wooden prosthetic legs (picture below) that looked like boots. Nobody realized half of her legs were missing.

She was born with problems in her legs and lost them at the age of 1. At a very young age she began playing all sorts of sports and won several medals. She even broke a world record. Since then, she has been showing us how much you can achieve no matter how you are. An example of human bravery and talent.

I highly recommend watching these two videos. The first one (made when she was young) is quite long, but it is really worth it. It also brings you an example of how she is now more mature, but still is the same optimistic and persevering person she always was.

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(este post es una continuación del último que escribí)

Gracias a Jessica he averiguado más sobre esta fascinante mujer. La cuestión es que ya conocía a esta atleta, pero no sabía que era la misma que la de la portada de Dazed & Confused. Su nombre es Aimee Mullins, una de las atletas más increíbles que se ha visto jamás. Además, ha trabajado como modelo para numerosas revistas, y por supuesto, no podemos olvidar su aparición en uno de los desfiles de Alexander McQueen (no he podido encontrar ninguna foto, pero se ve en el segundo vídeo). En él llevaba unas piernas ortopédicas de madera labrada. Eran tan bonitas que nadie se dió cuenta de que le faltaba la mitad de las dos piernas. Todo el mundo pensó que eran simplemente unas botas preciosas.

Nació con un problema en las piernas y las perdió a la edad de un año. Ya desde muy joven empezó a practicar todo tipo de deportes y ha ganado muchísimas medallas, e incluso batió un récord mundial. Desde entonces nos ha enseñado todo lo que se puede conseguir sin importar cómo seas. Un verdadero ejemplo de talento y valentía.

Os recomiendo que veáis estos dos vídeos. El primero (en el que entrevistan a una Aimee más joven) es más largo, pero realmente merece la pena. También te muestra cómo ella es más madura ahora, pero sigue siendo la misma persona optimista y perseverante que siempre fue.









aimee mullins, athlete
aimee mullins, athlete
aimee mullins, athlete
aimee mullins, athlete
aimee mullins, athlete
Aimee in the opening of an Alexander McQueen boutique (left). On the right, wearing a very beautiful dress.

aimee mullins, athlete
aimee mullins, athlete
Aimee and Paul McCartney's ex-wife, Heather Mills, who lost her leg in a car accident.


(thanks Dr Sauvage! :)

aimee mullins, athlete
The Alexander McQueen wooden legs

21 comments:

  1. Months ago I wrote a paper for Uni about ethics in communication, and I oriented it to disbailities in media, how the mass media use, abuse, or simply ignore disabled people. And I focused on fashion, so found some disabled models and Aimee was one of them, of course.
    Apart from being beautiful (and having a fab body) and very elegant, she's quite an interesting woman...and of course a big athlete.
    She's very inspiring, I mean...how does she manage to do so many things and having a stellar sports career?
    About the cover from D&C, well...I think they were just playing with the reading, challenging the reader to think again about stereothypes etc, and playing with the word "able". I think it was an intelligent title. Obviosuly it's provocative...it's Dazed, they are always like that.

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  2. es también por cosas como estas que me gusta la moda, y no solo por los zapatos imposibles ni el tweed de chanel.

    besos

    lafrivolidad.blogspot.com

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  3. La constancia en general siempre te lleva por buen camino y no resulta nunca para nada lo más fácil pero la dedicación, el empeño, la voluntad de superarse uno mismo en cada una de las cosas que hace personalmente te hace crecer, ella es el ejemplo y da ejemplo, la fuerza, valentía y aceptación que representa para desear vivir una vida plena y maravillosa, muchas veces depende de uno mismo y todo puede ser nada o al revés !!!

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  4. truly inspirational! people can achieve so much with so little to start with... beautiful inside and out!
    you should post more stuff like this! ;) thanks

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  5. amazing post about someone who really deserves it. the story is impressive. we all should learn the lesson she teaches.

    PL ♥

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  6. Ejemplo de superación, además es guapísima. Besos

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  7. im glad you liked the video!
    but could you not link my site to yours? the site was just for a school project. its not real. :P
    thank you!!!

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  8. que pedazo de mujer si señor!!! gracias por incluir post como éste que te hacen pensar mucho y nos muestra la valentía y fuerza que tiene esta mujer, un beso!

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  9. En que desfile de Mcuqeen desfilo ?

    Esque no me acuerdo de haberla visto.

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  10. I remember reading/seeing a lot about Aimee, she's so beautiful, determined, and talented!

    Great post! :)
    xx

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  11. WOW! That is absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for alerting me to this amazing woman!

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  12. Very cool..very inspiring. Thanks for posting this!

    http://fashionroadkill-halifax.blogspot.com

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  13. how wonderful, she is such an inspiration!
    muah x
    marian

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  14. Oh my god, I love her, she's such an inspiration. I stayed up last night watching videos on TED. =]

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  15. Qué gran ejemplo de superación, preciosa historia de una gran mujer!

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  16. amazing. when i saw the dazed cover, my reaction was "what's that heels?" i thought it was a strong contrast or something.

    thank you for following up with this, it's so amazing. i'm Deaf myself and I can totally related to Aimee. The "You're beautiful / but you're disabled?" bit is so overused.

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  17. Aimee is beautiful and an inspiration. Today she is featured on girlcrush.
    Aimee es hermoso y una inspiración. Hoy aparece en girlcrush.
    http://girlcrushoftheday.blogspot.com/2010/02/aimee-mullins.html

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