Chelsea Werner

Chelsea Werner is a champion gymnast and model with down syndrome. She has won the Special Olympics US National Championships four times, and is a two-time defending World Champion, hoping to continue her streak in her third World Gymnastics Championships this September. As a viral social media influencer, with 268k followers on Instagram and 72k on Facebook, she shares her messages of positivity, diversity, hope, and inclusion, inspiring others to go for their dreams and not take no for an answer. Werner has taken the fashion industry by storm. In the last year alone, she has modeled for Google Shopping, Microsoft, Tommy Hilfiger, Adidas, L’Oréal, Crocs, Keranique, Lightbox Diamonds, and Women’s Best.

Mario Charles

Growing up everyone that I watched on tv whether it being sports or actors didn’t look like me. With encouragement from my sister I now know that modeling could be a reality for me. I want to use this platform to show other amputees that we might be limbless but we are not limitless by any means.&nbsp;

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Angela Alba

&nbsp;Angela Alba is an artist, model, content creator, plant collector, and cat mom. She is passionate about body diversity and advocating for extended-size representation in media. Recreationally, Angela enjoys living her best beach life at the Jersey Shore but retains all the quirks and qualms of a stereotypical native New Yorker.&nbsp;

Ari Maerina

Ari is a Filipinx model, multidisciplinary artist, content creator, and diversity advocate; based in San Francisco. She’s passionate about being a face of inclusive representation, and when she is not modeling or creating she’s traveling, designing, reading, or spending time with her family.

Cecilia De Bucourt

Cecilia is a model, fashion designer, tango/pole dancer, and a professional photographer.&nbsp;She has modeled as the face of Giorgio Armani, among others, and shot editorials for Vogue, L’officiel, Elle and Marie Claire. Her clothing line has sold at Barneys, Bloomingdale&#39;s and Saks, and she has created collections for Guess, Marciano, Bebe and Free People.&nbsp;A recent member of the We Speak family, Ceci is proud to present as queer for the first time in her career.

Cherry Jaymes

Cherry Jaymes is a first generation Liberian-American. She is a nonbinary trans woman with a background in musical theatre, cosmetology and baking. Through social media, she has blossomed into modeling which she wants to use to normalize trans people in the media and advocate for civil rights issues.

Emily Addison

Emily is a multi-hyphenate creative from Rochester New York. She moved to Brooklyn in 2016 to pursue a&nbsp;career in modeling. She has a breadth of modeling experience including commercial, editorial, showroom, and runway. Additionally, she is a self-described bibliophile, avid foodie, and lover of art in all its forms.

Ireland Thompson

Ireland is a creativity geek as well as a model, student, and actress where she attends Temple University (Graduation Fall 2021) and studies Media Studies and production as well as theatre. She loves exploring new art forms and passions and currently has been interested in screenwriting, yoga, and art history. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and opportunity is something Ireland cares about for society, and she aspires to one day be a producer who can create meaningful stories while fighting for the representation that is needed in the film industry.

Jessica Hoppe

Jessica Hoppe is a Honduran/Ecuadorian author, model, and creator of @NuevaYorka, a social media blog with 40k followers inspired by the vibrant Latinx culture and community on the streets of New York. She began her career on social media, and has since been featured on ABC News and HBOMax. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, Paper, Refinery29 and more. She is a frequent and popularly sought out speaker for podcasts and panels, both instructional and motivational, on issues related to identity, addiction, and recovery. Jessica is a board member of Time of Butterflies, non-profit supporting families through domestic abuse recovery. She is currently writing her debut memoir, First In the Family, which is forthcoming in 2024 from Flatiron. It was her lifelong dream to become an author, and she shares her journey via social media, hoping to pull the curtain back on what it takes to land a book deal outside the so-called “traditional” pathways. Through her work, she advocates for underrepresented voices, and supports aspiring writers.

Jordan Galloway

Jordan’s a journalist whose work as an editor gave her an up-close look at the lack of representation in mainstream media and marketing. It fueled her desire to become part of a community making modeling more realistic. Two of her other passions are teaching Pilates and playing basketball.&nbsp;

Kiara Marshall

Kiara Marshall is a fashion model, casting assistant, and Disability Studies graduate student based in New York City.She lost her leg in her pre-teen years after she was hit by a drunk driver and after many years of gaining confidence in her new body, she felt inspired to break into the fashion industry. Kiara hopes the body diversity gap in the fashion industry continues to narrow, she is excited to be a small part of the change!

Libby DeLana

Libby DeLana is passionate about nature and exploring the world. She’s the author of the book This Morning Walk, which has sold 15k copies, and she’s currently writing a second book about the transformative power of walking. She is the co-host of a podcast about walking practices, and an instagram blog with 26k followers. Through her popular personal social media accounts, with 41k followers on Instagram, she’s a brand ambassador for Hoka and Fjallraven. She was a Design Director at MullenLowe for 15 years, and has spent 30+ years as an Executive Creative/Art Director. Libby is a climate change activist, who walked across the western part of Iceland to share films about climate change. She recently returned from a trekking trip in Bhutan, where she walked the newly reopened Trans Bhutan Trail. Soon, she will be traveling to Peru and partnering with G Adventures to bring attention to a more responsible way to travel.

Malika Rubin-Davis

Malika grew up with a strong connection to nature and creativity. Now, in her mid-thirties, she has stepped away from the public school classroom to develop her creative talents. Malika finds joy and purpose in artistic expression. She hopes being true to herself in this way can benefit others.

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Maureen Nicol

Maureen is a teacher, doctoral student, organizer, single mom and model. Her research interests center how Black girls view themselves and the world. Maureen embodies this concept by creating in front of the camera in order to push boundaries and narratives, so people understand that Black women and girls are not one dimensional, but indeed hold multitudes