A mum's pride

Renee was told her daughter would never walk or talk and doctors wrote little Kennedy off. But 16 years later, Kennedy hit the runway as a model, proving all the naysayers wrong.

Renee wanted to share her story of hope, and let families who have learned their baby has Down’s Syndrome that a lifetime of joy awaits them. ‘I was given scary and wrong information when she was born and I wish I would have known how much happiness, beauty and joy lay ahead.’

Punteha van Terheyden