Utah girl with cerebral palsy lives out dream of being a model – East Idaho News

SALT LAKE CITY (KSTU) A Utah girl isnt letting her disability hold her back. She recently lived out her dream of being a model after being asked to walk a catwalk by a local store owner.

The hair, the makeup, the clothes dozens of models filled City Creek Saturday evening, primping and priming for a mall-wide fashion show.

Just her smile, shes so excited, shes happy, Victor Hester smiled.

For his daughter, 12-year-old Kennedi Hester, this is a dream.

To be a model, she smiled shyly when asked what she wanted to be when she grew up.

Shes always been big into models and watching things. Shes always wanted to do it, Victor said.

But living with cerebral palsy, a congenital disorder that affects movement, she never thought it would come true.

We were told she wouldnt even make it past a certain age, and here she is thriving, Victor said proudly. We were told she wouldnt understand how to write or talk, and shes a straight-A student in school.

She always tells me that shes just like everybody else, she just doesnt walk like everybody else, he continued.

Then, a little kindness from a stranger took her all the way to the top.

We had a store manager reach out to us and say, Your daughter is such an inspiration to me, all of the other stores are going to have these nice, eloquent models, I want your daughter to be able to walk to runway just like its always been her dream, Victor said as he sang the praises of Jaime Wight, the store manager at White House Black Market, who asked Kennedi to be in the show.

The second Kennedi stepped on the runway, it was magic.

Give it up for Kennedi, everyone! the host shouted before a roaring round of applause.

Everyone, like, cared, Kennedi said.

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