Baby With Down Syndrome Becomes Model After Mom, 46, Shares Her Photos Online
“I was offered a termination, but I knew I didn’t want to do that.”
A baby with Down syndrome has defied the odds to become a model.
Marnie Pree, now 2, has been scouted by a modeling agency after her proud mom, Sarah Pree, 46, from Kent, shared her photos online.
Sarah says that although she was initially devastated by Marnie’s diagnosis during her pregnancy, she feels incredibly lucky to have Marnie and her “extra chromosome.” The family is hoping to break down the stigmas attached to Down syndrome by sharing their daughter’s story.
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Jake, a 42-year-old writer, actor and director, transitioned 12 years ago and Hannah, who’s 33 and works in finance, transitioned seven years ago, having both always felt they were born in the wrong body. And after becoming one of the UK’s most high-profile transgender couples, earlier this year they became parents via a surrogate, using embryos created with Jake’s eggs and donor sperm. Their decision to speak publicly about having Millie – including being filmed for a fly-on-the-wall Channel 4 documentary earlier this year – is, they say, rooted in a desire to give hope to other trans people that they, too, can have a family.
Retailers plead for more rates relief as tier 4 threatens flood of job losses
Stores are haemorrhaging money in London and the South East in what is normally their busiest trading time of the year
20 December 2020 • 7:00pm
Retail bosses are begging Rishi Sunak to extend a business rates holiday as fears grow that a new Covid crackdown could put thousands of jobs at risk.
Industry chiefs called for aid from the Chancellor after non-essential retailers in London, the South East and the east of England were ordered to shut under new Tier 4 restrictions.
Julian Dunkerton, chief executive and co-founder of fashion chain Superdry, said: “A lot of people leave Christmas shopping until the last minute, so to take away the busiest period and the sales period after Christmas will be pretty tough for most retailers.”
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