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Model with Down syndrome to take part in New York Fashion Week

Madeline Stuart is having a very successful year.

MADELINE STUART HAS announced she will be taking part in New York Fashion Week.

The 19-year-old Australian model shared the news with her fans on social media.

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In February, actress Jamie Brewer became the first model with Down syndrome to walk at New York Fashion Week (NYFW).

Stuart recently landed two big campaigns with athletic wear company Manifesta and eco handbag brand EverMaya.

The model will be hitting the catwalk for FTL Moda on 13 September.

In a post on its Facebook page the brand announced Stuart’s participation in the show with “the utmost joy and pride”, adding: “Beautiful Madeline will brighten up the runway.”

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Stuart’s mother Rosanne recently told Cosmopolitan she wasn’t surprised when her daughter was approached about taking part in NYFW.

I don’t think anything really surprises me anymore. She’s been asked to do a lot of stuff and I was hoping to she’d get asked to do NYFW but I assumed it would happen. I hope that doesn’t sound too pretentious.

“It is very exciting and it’s going to take her from one level to the next. I know Jamie Brewer did it in February, but she is a movie star, she’s not a model. With Madeline this is her career, so I think it’s going to be a great platform for her.”

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    Mute werejammin
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    Aug 20th 2013, 8:50 PM

    You could try longer Dail sessions/less holidays for a start alex.

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    Mute eric grixy
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    Aug 20th 2013, 9:07 PM

    so here is a guy who has freely admitted that there is E.U law being passed without scrutiny ; that just about makes the E.U. totally illegal in Ireland !

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    Mute Toby Parker
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    Aug 20th 2013, 9:41 PM

    I think the penny is finally dropping with the Irish People that our Govt and the EU don’t have our best interests at heart.

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    Mute Richard Barrett
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    Aug 20th 2013, 11:13 PM

    why do you say that Toby? because unfortunately ff and fg are still
    topping polls.

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    Mute Toby Parker
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    Aug 20th 2013, 11:19 PM

    Because Richard, the polls are indicating that the recommendation made by the Govt is being questioned by the Irish People.

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    Mute Richard Barrett
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    Aug 20th 2013, 11:27 PM

    Huh? Toby the most recent one I saw, fg were actually gaining points, There seems to have been a rise in ‘don’t knows’, but honestly that only ultimately contributes to fg’s gain.

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    Mute Sonny Dublin
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    Aug 21st 2013, 1:01 AM

    hence my belief a need for DDI

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    Mute Little Jim
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    Aug 21st 2013, 11:22 AM

    Almost 40% said they wouldn’t vote for any party or independent. Those percentages are taken from the remaining 60%, that’s good news.
    There’s a change coming.

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    Mute COOM
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    Aug 20th 2013, 9:18 PM

    These political tugs must for once recognise that Ireland is a sovereign nation and never will it be governed by Europe. I can see why they like the idea of outsourcing all government decisions to the EU, as it removes responsibility some what. Now debating is off the table, what next ? your right to speak.

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    Mute Neil Murphy
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    Aug 20th 2013, 9:38 PM

    The EU is just a monstrous undemocratic bureaucracy now pumping out legislation by the barrel-load.. all the while incapable of fixing itself. It fails to recognise that it is flawed fundamentally by half-assing federalisation (with the Euro especially).

    It’s about time Ireland stopped drinking the “More EU” kool-aid and considered that perhaps the project has gone far enough (even too far) in some respects. That if we leave it to the Eurocrats in Brussels, they will not stop until the EU has all the federal powers of the US and the Fed, something we should not aspire to.

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    Mute Ryan'O
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    Aug 20th 2013, 10:02 PM

    +billion of bit coins for that comment. Hats off to you sir, very well said.

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    Mute eric grixy
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    Aug 21st 2013, 12:23 AM

    Hear here !

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    Mute Conor Gallagher
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    Aug 20th 2013, 9:00 PM

    Why not use the Senate all the time?

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    Mute Kevin Higgins
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    Aug 20th 2013, 9:07 PM

    I’m sure reforms can improve its use. Pity we don’t have a preferendum.

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    Mute Brendan
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    Aug 20th 2013, 9:25 PM

    Alex White is such a lemming. He’s too boring to think about. I give up.

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    Mute eric grixy
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    Aug 20th 2013, 9:05 PM

    Wow we have a guy in Government who doesn’t understand the difference between the words “everything and “anything”…

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    Mute Kirby Matt
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    Aug 20th 2013, 9:01 PM

    You could all get off ya holes and bring this country out of the hell hole FF got it into.

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    Mute Ryan'O
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    Aug 20th 2013, 9:03 PM

    Too bloody busy digging a bigger hole! A tunnel if you will, light at the end not included.

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    Mute howya
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    Aug 20th 2013, 10:27 PM

    Neither the Dail nor the Seanad actually debate anything. The government of the day uses the guillotine to push through their legislation – and we call this a democracy.

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    Mute FlopFlipU
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    Aug 20th 2013, 10:25 PM

    You would warn. A Child not to sign anything without understanding its relevance

    Send the directives back and tell them when you get a chance you will look at them ,that’s what you tell us when when you are engaging

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    Mute Eamon Corcoran
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    Aug 20th 2013, 9:57 PM

    The Fine Gael/Labour Programme for Government, 2011-2016 (from which the following extract is taken) may help – if anyone bothers to read it:

    “Transposing EU Legislative Measures

    The situation can no longer be tolerated where Irish Ministers enact EU legislation by statutory instrument. The checks and balances of parliamentary democracy are by-passed. The parliamentary treatment accorded home-produced draft legislation must be extended to draft legislation initiated within the EU institutions.
    The Regulatory Impact Assessments prepared for Ministers on all EU Directives and significant Regulations will be forwarded automatically to the relevant sectoral Oireachtas Committees. These Committees should advise the Minister and the Joint Committee on European Affairs as to whether the transposition should take place by Statutory Instrument or by primary legislation. Where primary legislation is recommended the full Oireachtas plenary process should be followed.”

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    Mute eric grixy
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    Aug 20th 2013, 10:04 PM

    So they have proposed a policy that defies their job description ; That means no citizen is required to pay tax ! Tax Strike !

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    Mute Kerry Blake
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    Aug 20th 2013, 10:37 PM

    Maybe if the Dail didn’t spend so long on holidays more could be debated Mr. White…..

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    Mute Sonny Dublin
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    Aug 21st 2013, 12:38 AM

    some awful EU Directives have been accepted the EU Treaty Rights for starters…..mostly in immigration, people in sham marriages with EU nationals were required to live in the EU nationals country (ie latvia, poland etc) before they could live in Ireland thus very few sham marriages existed however the EU removed that as a directive ands its open season

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    Mute Sam Burke
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    Aug 21st 2013, 2:10 AM

    I disagree.

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    Mute Eamonn Colfer
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    Aug 21st 2013, 12:34 PM

    How democratic! Underlines the need – despite its major shortcomings – to retain and reform the Seanad to tackle this issue. A reformed Seanad should not have the whip system. That way it can revise and scrutinise legislation without political heavies leaning on them.

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