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  2. Model, 28, with Limb Difference Carries Her Prosthetic Legs ...

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    Now a model in London, Mariah has amassed more than 330,000 followers on TikTok and 575,000 followers on Instagram, where she shares videos of herself swapping out her prosthetic legs in public ...

  3. Amy Purdy - Wikipedia

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    In San Diego, Purdy continued her pre-amputee profession as a massage therapist. She also became involved in the modeling and acting industry. In February 2003, Purdy played a model in a Madonna music video. [1] Later in 2003, Purdy started working for Freedom Innovations, a prosthetic feet manufacturer, as its "Amputee Advocate".

  4. College Park Industries - Wikipedia

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    The Soleus foot. Bilateral lower-limb amputee Reggie Showers rock climbing on Trustep feet. College Park Industries [1] is a prosthetics manufacturer headquartered in Warren, Michigan. The company was founded in 1988 after a local machinist set out to create the world's most anatomically correct prosthetic foot. [2]

  5. Aimee Mullins - Wikipedia

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    Mullins' prosthetic leg shown at CCCB exhibit in Barcelona, October 2015 Mullins watches fellow bilateral amputee Hugh Herr climb the wall at MIT Media Lab's h2.0 symposium, May 9, 2007. Mullins was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania , US to an Irish father Bernard Mullins from Crusheen , County Clare , Ireland and mother Bernadette Mullins.

  6. Peg leg - Wikipedia

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    By the late 19th century, prosthetics vendors would offer peg legs as cheaper alternatives to more intricate, lifelike artificial legs. [3] Even as vendors touted advantages of more complicated prostheses over simple peg legs, [3] according to a contemporary surgeon, many patients found a peg leg more comfortable for walking. [4]

  7. Coralie Fargeat explains 'the real meaning' of nudity in 'The ...

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    In the latest episode of "The Envelope" video podcast, director Coralie Fargeat explains how she prepared star Demi Moore to film "The Substance" and "The Brutalist" filmmaker Brady Corbet ...

  8. Rotationplasty - Wikipedia

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    Rotationplasty allows the use of the knee joint, whereas amputation would result in loss of that joint. Therefore, it provides a better attachment point and range of motion for a prosthetic limb. As a result, children who have had rotationplasty can play sports, run, climb, and do more than would be possible with a jointless prosthetic.

  9. Elephant who lost foot to cruel snare trap walks again thanks ...

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    Chhouk needs a new prosthetic foot every six months as he continues to grow