Salman Rushdie’s new model friend

Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie has been spotted arm in arm with another stunning young model, Aimee Mullins. The 31-year-old American was born without any fibulas and had her legs amputated below the knee when she was one year old. She has since set records for the 100m, 200m and long jump at the 1996 Paralympics, and embarked on a successful career as a public speaker.

In 1999, she modelled for British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, and has been named one of the fifty most beautiful people in the world by People.

Daily Mail has the story:

Below, watch her on the Kenneth Cole commercial telling her story:

And here’s a clip of her running:

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