Welcome!

This is Amanda, my beautiful wife and the brilliant originator of the DiversAble Model Project!  This blog is an attempt to clarify some things, as well as provide an outlet for a coherent presentation of the DMP.  This is the place we will be showcasing both the models participating, as well as those allies that have stepped up and chosen to help empower these strong, fashionable women.

The first model, and ally, whose profile we will be showcasing is the beautiful woman above and to the left!  As I've mentioned before, this is Amanda, and she has put in so much of herself into this project, you all deserve to get to know her better.  She's had a roller coaster ride of a life, full of ups and downs, but she's never backed down, she's never given up, she's never surrendered!

Amanda was born in 1987, at a hospital that was then known as Our Lady of Mercy, one month overdue.  It wasn't until she was born that they figured out why.  Her disability made it really hard for her to wriggle her way out like most other babies.  She had a congenital disability, called Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita.  For the first three years of her life, she lived in St. Mary's Children's Hospital, where she learned how to drive her chairs, and where she got a head start on her education.

That head start meant a lot, as she was advanced passed the third grade, in part due to her earlier education, in part due to her brightness as a child.  As a child, she had been reached out to by a Christian Ministry called Children's Bible Fellowship, and they had shown her just how much lives could change through advocacy.  When she became an adult, she decided to join their ranks, to bring hope to the lives of others.  This is also where she met her future "better half", her wonderful and amazing husband, Curtis.  Together, they've been through adversity and beauty, having an amazingly beautiful baby boy, Xavier.  Not long after he was born, Amanda parted ways with CBF, and found that she needed something else to help her and her family, financially.

That's when she found Chloe and Isabel.  Amanda had previous direct selling experience, but C+I was different, in a way she liked, and appreciated.  Once she joined their ranks, she found herself in a growing and kind community of women, set on empowering each other.  And in that great environment, Amanda expressed her inner advocate yet again.  She saw a whole people group overlooked by the whole fashion industry she now found herself a part of.  That's how this great project was born, and Heaven only knows where it will end.