Down syndrome baby and Instagram “star” lands modelling contract

July 21, 2015

Micah Quinones is not even a year old, but he has more than 33 000 followers on his Life With Micah account. His mom Amanda Booth is a model (she’s done campaigns for Target, Old Navy and Lancome), and now he’s signed up to a modelling agency.

Micah, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome when he was three months old, has a way in front of the camera, says his mom. “As soon as the camera comes out, he looks right into it,” Amanda told ABC News. “Everyone says to [Micah]: ‘You’re just like your mother.'”

Amanda admits that when she discovered her son had Down syndrome, she was fearful of what life would be like for him, but now she realises — like a popular Instagram account — it doesn’t define him.

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Via Popsugar

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