Madeline's journey to becoming the world's first professional supermodel with Down syndrome

'New York Fashion Week, September 2015. Something amazing and unheard of happened. A young woman called Madeline Stuart took to the catwalk and brought down the house. Not because she was thinner, taller, had higher heels and looked more depressed than all the other models. No, Maddy made a splash because she was anything but these things. Maddy was shorter and happier than everyone else.
She strutted down the catwalk, did her pivot, and high-fived the front-row celebrities on her way back. Why? Because this is how Maddy greets life. This is how she works, lives, and makes friends wherever she goes. Madeline Stuart has Down syndrome and 'Maddy the Model' follows her and her mother Rosanne's campaign for inclusion.
Our team has followed this amazing woman for 4 years. From Brisbane to China, Uganda to New York, and back again. It is tough at times, not everyone is as pro-change change as Maddy and her mother, and not everyone wants to tear down the walls of restriction and conformity. But if anyone can reform the multi-billion-dollar fashion industry's definition of beauty, Maddy is the one.'

Media

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Madeline Stuart
•       Rosanne Stuart
•       Robbie Streeting
•       Modupe Omonze
•       Florence Namaganda

Director: Jane Magnusson

Producer: Cecilia Nessen

Additional Details

Label: Dreamscape Media

Genre: Documentary

Language: English

Run Time: 92 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 12/16/25

UPC: 810157464903