Denise: Just because you have cerebral palsy and you're in a chair
doesn't mean you can't model.
Who's normal? Samantha: No one.
Denise: I'm not. Samantha: Yeah, no one.
Denise: Do you want almond milk? Is that okay?
Hallelujah.
Denise: I do spoil her she’s because she's my baby.
And you're my baby and I spoil you too.
Denise: No what’s the middle child?
Denise: The crazy one?
Samantha: Yes. Denise: I believe that.
Samantha: Yeah. Sophie: She’s wild.
She always just wants to, like, go do anything.
She always wants to try something new.
That's how I’d explain her. She's very adventurous and optimistic.
When she was little, she couldn't really talk that much.
And so she kind of just talked through laughter, like
24/7 she just had a smile on her face.
Denise: So we wanted to show you how Samantha's feeding tube works.
It’s called a mic and it goes right into her stomach.
And then we take this tube and we hold it up.
And then we put water in there.
She was having trouble gaining weight. She couldn't keep food down.
Denise: So the only option was a feeding tube.
And she still can eat out of her mouth. We just give her extra
water during the day through this when she can't drink a lot or
at nighttime, she needs extra. Samantha: Yeah.
Denise: And that's why she has her feeding tube.
Sophie: I think her modeling is perfect for her.
She made an account on social media - @wheelchairblondie.
And that kind of just blew up.
And then she just started going everywhere.
She started working with, you know, organizations
and brands, branding companies.
And at first we thought it was just maybe like a little bit of fun,
but now it's kind of getting more serious to where
she's getting agencies that are, you know, wanting to like
maybe even start traveling and it's pretty cool.
Denise: Every photoshoot you kill it. Samantha: Yeah.
Denise: I believe in Sam.
As a mom, for me, I didn't have time to be weak
and freak out and be emotional
because I needed to be strong for everybody else and her.
So I think I did pretty good with that.
Denise: What the..?
Denise: So Sammy, where the photos going to be used that we take today?
Denise: What makes you want to model?
Get to make up, my friend. Samantha: Okay. Thank you.
Alright, so I got a couple of outfits for you today.
So I think we're going to start with this one which reminded me of the inspo photos.
Yeah, so we've got like this skirt. Samantha: Yeah.
And then we're going to do like an off the shoulder top on that.
Samantha: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, and then your mom brought your booties for that.
Samantha: Yeah.
And then we're going to go red. We're going to go pop a colour next.
And then we're doing something with lady bugs on top.
Yeah, we like that. Okay, cool. All right, let's get started.
Bill: Samantha is an amazing soul and an amazing model.
And we have fallen in love with her at the studio and she's really become
a big part of our world of inclusiveness to make sure that,
everybody who wants to be in front or behind the camera is included.
That colour on you, that red and that light is doing really good with the blonde.
Samantha: Yeah. Bill: Good job.Thanks, girl.
Samantha: Yep. Bill: Good job. All right.
I saw the photos, the beautiful photos you guys just did.
I needed this in the morning. I need this energy.
You're something special. You're a different cloth.
Denise: I am very proud of her modeling and how she's gone about
doing it herself and not waiting around
for somebody to hold her hand.