A mother has hit back at the talent agency that rejected her Down's syndrome son from a kid's clothing advert.
The Facebook post of Georgia resident Maegan Richter Nash regarding her 15-month-old son Asher was captioned #changingthefaceofbeauty, and has amassed over 120,000 shares.
Clothing shop OshKosh B'gosh is now renegotiating the deal with Meagan.
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Here's a news report about it.
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She had submitted photos of Asher to the agency who had put out an open casting call, only to be told they hadn't "requested a special needs baby."
Meagan told WXIA that her son's size, eye and hair colour matched the requirements made in the call and that Asher wears OshKosh B'gosh clobber "every day."
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The full Facebook caption read: 'We aren't giving up. This handsome boy is ready to show the world what #changingthefaceofbeauty is. We would love to model for OshKosh B'gosh.'
Image: Meagan Richter Nash
She told The Mighty she would, "love for OshKosh to meet my son and see what we see in him.
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"I don't want them to use him because of this fuss we are making on the Internet. I want them to use him because they value him and see how much he could contribute to their advertisement.
"Children with Down's syndrome and other disabilities are incredible human beings, and we want OshKosh to want to help change the world's perception."
True say.
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