Model Who Lost Leg To Toxic Shock Syndrome Slays At Fashion Week

Meet the new face of empowerment. Last week, 28-year-old Lauren Wasser made her runway debut at New York City Fashion Week sporting a bold accessory -- her prosthetic leg. Wasser -- along with transgender model, Isis King, and plus-size stunners, Sabina Karlsson and Denise Bidot -- walked in a show titled "Lumina" for the forward-thinking brand, Chromat. "Great day with great people," Wasser wrote in an Instagram photo caption backstage at the show, which garnered over 500 likes and comments loaded with supportive kissy-faced emojis written by followers inspired by the Wasser’s fierceness. Great day with good people. @Chromat #NYFW A photo posted by Lauren Wasser (@theimpossiblemuse) on Feb 13, 2016 at 8:56am PST Wasser’s road to the runway was an emotional one that includes a four-year detour sparked by the loss of her right leg to toxic shock syndrome. At 24, Wasser, a tall, blonde and blue-eyed beauty was living a charmed life -- riding 30 miles on her bike by day and rubbing shoulders with Los Angeles’ elite by night. According to a profile in Vice, she had given up a full-ride basketball scholarship at a Division I school to pursue modeling -- a career that began when she appeared next to her model mother when she was 2 years old in Italian Vogue. real life - @theimpossiblemuse ❤️ @fotofetish A photo posted by Lauren Wasser (@theimpossiblemuse) on Dec 3, 2015 at 10:24pm PST It was the fall of 2012 when everything changed. Wasser showe...
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