TAMPA, Fla. — At Tampa’s Hotel Alba, model Caitlyn Cooks confidently strutted across the pool deck practicing her runway walk.
Her fellow models — women from Florida with amputations, spinal cord injuries, Down syndrome or colon cancer — cheered along from the sidelines that Friday afternoon.
The models represented Lady Fines, a local fashion company designing accessible clothing for women with disabilities. The brand debuted its first collection at Tampa Bay Fashion Week later that night.