Meet the lingerie model who was born with no legs
September 23, 2015 by admin
Filed under Lingerie Events
A lingerie model born without legs is earning more than $1,000-a-day and taking the modelling industry by storm.
Stunning Kanya Sesser, 23, defies traditional beauty standards by working as a glamour model and hopes to prove that ‘different’ is sexy.
From a young age the California girl was determined to overcome her disability and started modelling for sports brands at just 15-years-old.
After shooting commercials for Nike and Billabong, the beauty was soon scouted by underwear and bikini brands such as Volcom and Rip Curl Girl.
Now she combines her modelling work with motivational speaking and her love of sports – currently training for the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
Kanya, who lives in Los Angeles, USA, said: “I was mainly doing athletics shoots then as I got older I got into lingerie modelling.
“It’s something fun and it shows my story – I’m different and that is sexy, I don’t need legs to feel sexy.
“I enjoy making money from it and I love showing people what beauty can look like. These images show my strength.
“I’m very honest, I’m real – I’m never going to behave different to anyone. This is just who I am.”
Kanya was adopted from an orphanage in Thailand when she was five-years-old and brought to Portland, Oregon, by her new family.
Instead of a wheelchair, she uses a skateboard to get around and learned to walk on her hands.
Kanya loves extreme sports and hopes to compete in mono-ski in the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018.
One of her biggest fans is new boyfriend Brian, who she has been dating for the past month.
She added: “Brian is awesome – he is very supportive of everything I do.
“He recently saw me modelling for first time and told me he thought it was beautiful and unique.”
Despite her work as a model, courageous Kanya admits she prefers her natural looks.
She is also working on a book about her incredible journey through life, set to be published in 2016.
She added: “Outside of work I don’t wear make-up.
“I can be girly and I don’t mind wearing it – I like getting my make-up done when I am on a shoot.
“But people say I’m beautiful whether I’m wearing makeup or not.”
Video credit: Caters News
