A nine-year-old model, whose legs were amputated when she was a baby, has become the first double amputee child to walk the runway at New York Fashion Week.

Daisy-May Demetre, from Birmingham, said she felt 'really proud of herself' when she stormed the catwalk for childrenswear brand Lulu et Gigi during the bi-annual event on Sunday.

The schoolgirl, who is also set to grace Paris Fashion Week later this month, wore a gorgeous red gown with a gold lace overlay for her debut in New York.

Her father Alex Demetre, 36, told the BBC that she was 'amazing' at the event and 'felt really proud of herself' for her achievement.Daisy-May was born with fibular hemimelia, a rare defect that occurs in only one in 40,000 births where all or part of the fibula – the calf bone – is missing, meaning she had both legs amputated when she was just 18 months old.

She was joined by her older sister Ella, 11, on the catwalk of the high fashion event.

Her father said: 'Daisy and Ella both did amazing. [Daisy] walked it like a professional and had fun doing it.

She felt really proud of herself for what she achieved.'

Daisy-May has been modelling since she was eight, and was invited to walk in New York after Lulu et Gigi founder Eni Heged?s-Buiron spotted her at London Kid's Fashion Week.

The designer dubbed Daisy 'beautiful and perfect', when she revealed she would be the first double amputee child to walk in an official New York Fashion Week show earlier this year.

Alongside her success at fashion events around the world, Daisy-May has also fronted a campaign for River Island, and modelled for the likes of Nike, Boden and Matalan.


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