A South Surrey teen who walked the runway during Paris Fashion Week had all the right moves during her brief few seconds of fame, giving the red JJChlo茅_official gown and feathered @chrisanthicouture_ headpiece she was decked out in some well-deserved flair on the international stage.

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For Lisa, the reaction is nothing new. ItB次元官网网址檚 how her daughter has always rolled when it comes to the modelling career the teen stepped into about a year ago.

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Represented by B次元官网网址� an Edmonton-based B次元官网网址渄isability-focused talent and media companyB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� Annika has given television interviews, posed for numerous photo shoots and walked fashion-week runways in both Vancouver and Toronto since being discovered during a Glam-Z gala in June 2022.

In September, she was larger than life in the Big Apple, when an image of her was part of a jumbotron video presentation in New YorkB次元官网网址檚 Times Square to launch the 2023 Buddy Walk, an annual event to raise awareness for Down syndrome in the U.S.

Shy in her day-to-day life, itB次元官网网址檚 clear Annika transforms in front of the camera (@annika.jillian), leaving all her inhibitions behind-the-scenes to revel in the limelight. Once a shoot wraps up, however, the experience is B次元官网网址渙ut of sight out of mind.B次元官网网址�

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In Paris, Annika walked for La Belle magazine. She trained for months to master the precise moves that would be expected of her overseas, then hopped a plane with her mom for the Sept. 25-Oct. 2 affair.

The pair took in a few of FranceB次元官网网址檚 well-known sites ahead of her Oct. 1 debut, including the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre.

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Lisa described the experience as one of B次元官网网址渢rue inclusion,B次元官网网址� one where AnnikaB次元官网网址檚 Down syndrome did not define her.

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