People Presume My Disability Has To Do

With L'oreal, I Get To Be Aimee Mullins, Model. No Qualifier. And That Means Everything To Me.

We All Bullet Point Our Triumphs, But I Am Who I Am Because Of Everything You Don't See On My Cv. The Stuff That Doesn't Work Out Teaches You How To Trust Your Instincts And Adapt.

Half Of Hollywood Has More Prosthetic In Their Body Than I Do, But We Don't Think Of Them As Disabled. You Amputate Part Of A Nose, That's 'enhancement'. You Put A Prosthetic In A Breast Cavity, That's 'augmentation'. But You Amputate Part Of A Limb And Put A Prosthetic There, It's 'disability'?

It's Society That Disables An Individual By Not Investing In Enough Creativity To Allow For Someone To Show Us The Quality That Makes Them Rare And Valuable And Capable.

Life Is About Making Your Own Happiness - And Living By Your Own Rules.