She said: 'Modelling has boosted my confidence a ton. Since she started modelling Dru's confidence has skyrocketed and now she is using her Instagram to spread body positivity. And I want the fashion world to be able to see that - we're just like everybody else.' 'I want people to be able to feel like they can do it just like anybody else. I want anybody to be able to walk that runway just like anybody else - whether you see them rolling down the runway in your wheelchair or on crutches. She said: 'I want everybody in the fashion world just to be accepted. No turning back: Dru doesn't want anyone else to feel like they couldn't express themselves With over 10,000 followers on Instagram, Dru hopes her modelling work will encourage people of all shapes, size and backgrounds to be included in the fashion world. She now loves shopping and said being able to find fashionable clothes is not only 'relieving', it also allows her to 'freely express' who she is without having to worry if something fits right. She explained: 'My fashion sense was honestly non-existent back home until I moved to Los Angeles. You can be super duper tall and six foot, four inches and you can be three foot, four inches like me and still look sexy and cute.'īefore starting a new life in LA, Dru struggled to find fashionable clothes for Little People and just got by with what she could find. 'I want my modelling photos to show that you can be sexy in any size. I want people to be able to feel as free as I do. I don't want them to feel like they have to wear what everybody else is wearing, just because that's what offered in our size. Speaking about her decision to get into modelling, she said: 'I decided to get in to this field because I don't want anyone else to feel like they can't express themselves like the way I did back home. Lights, camera, action: Dru explains that she now feels sexier in front of the camera, thanks to her new-found confidence ![]() 'They don't want to shelter me, which they usually do with a lot of Little People because they feel scared to see their own child just to go out in general.'Īfter graduating high school Dru decided to take the big step to home to LA for a 'freer' life. ![]() They did the best they could and they did a really good job. So, they were, kind of, learning as I was learning through my life. She said: 'In my family I am the only dwarf and all of history with my family life. I would completely lash out.'ĭru is the only person in her family to have been born with dwarfism, so the whole family learned how to deal with negativity together. 'When I was younger I used to deal with criticism in the worst way possible. 'They definitely rung me out really hard. ![]() They weren't quite accepting to the fact of something that was different. The fashion marketing student told Barcroft: 'The way people reacted was not the best way for a child for ever be exposed to. Strike a pose: The fashion marketing students has defied the odds to become a model despite her diminutive statureĪnd while she now oozes confidence, she said it took her a long time to get there.
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