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. It害羞草研究所檚 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 害羞草研究所� an Edmonton-based 害羞草研究所渄isability-focused talent and media company害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所� 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 York害羞草研究所檚 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, it害羞草研究所檚 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 害羞草研究所渙ut of sight out of mind.害羞草研究所�

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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 France害羞草研究所檚 well-known sites ahead of her Oct. 1 debut, including the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre.

Her time on the runway in the Le Bristol Paris hotel lasted all of 22 seconds, and true to form, Annika害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所渁lter ego害羞草研究所� took over for the duration.

Lisa described the experience as one of 害羞草研究所渢rue inclusion,害羞草研究所� one where Annika害羞草研究所檚 Down syndrome did not define her.

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