Cacsmy Brutus, also known as Mama Cax, modeled for luxury fashion brands and advocated for disability representation. She died at age 30.
Cax’s profile skyrocketed in 2018 when she became one of the first disabled models to appear on a New York Fashion Week runway for the Spring 2019 Chromat show. Her walk broke down barriers in the industry and helped pave the way forMama Cax wanted to model for all of the luxury fashion brands. She wanted to be in spaces where people were not accustomed to the presence of disabled models. She wanted to push the boundaries of society’s expectations, of what society perceives she could do or be.
“I didn’t ever think it could help someone,” she told HuffPost in a phone interview in November. “It was more of a therapeutic thing for myself. I needed to put it out there. It wasn’t until I started getting messages that I realized this wasn’t just helpful to me.” “Disability is the largest group of unrepresented people,” Cax said. “We cross so many different identities, and so we often get labeled as something else. I am seen as a Black person first or as a woman first. For a lot of people, they think I should just be grateful to see a woman or a Black person included [in a campaign].
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