Grace Breuning, a size 42 model and lung cancer survivor, shows in Chanel

Grace Breuning, 24, walked the runway for Chanel on October 3 in Paris, wearing a dusty pink checked sarong and a pair of rhinestone ballerinas. The young woman from Minneapolis, who is a size 42, is following in the footsteps of Jill Kortlev, the first plus-size top model to walk the catwalk in two Cs during the fall-winter 2020 collection. in 2021 . A small trumpet nose with freckles, a pouty mouth, apple green eyes, full eyebrows… If her face is not already known in the fashion industry, then her name is worth remembering. Because this is not the first time that he parades for the house of camellias.

Living in New York for more than a year, Grace Breuning attends Paris fashion weeks. In October 2022, she paraded for Chanel in a short collection in white and sparkling tweed. “I’m incredibly grateful and honestly still in shock,” she shared on Instagram after the show. And continue. “Diversity of bodies on the catwalk is very important and I feel honored to participate.” The message was received. three months later, she continued Georges Hobeika’s spring-summer 2023 collection at Haute Couture Week, wearing a tight black and white embroidered dress.

Cured from cancer

Last year, his appearance in Chanel was after an interview with a journalist Vogue.com Andre-Nakyan Wheeler. In the lines of the interview, we learn that the variety of performances is a precious thing for the model. Even more so for him who, after being diagnosed in 2021, was completely turned upside down by lung cancer. Fortunately, he will heal and heal quickly. “When you go through something very traumatic where you have to run or fight like that, your whole personality changes,” she explains to US magazine. A traumatic experience that will change his relationship with himself. From now on, everything is possible, starting with the big children’s parade.

Apart from his first catwalks, Grace Braining contributed to several project commercial campaigns. In April, she was photographed in a swimsuit for Calvin Klein. Then in September promoted Tanya Taylor’s fall-winter 2023-2024 campaign. Not forgetting her photo shoot for Kim Kardashian’s Skims brand in December 2021. “I spent a lot of time crying for the girl I was for, envying her naivety. But it gave me the opportunity to raise the person I am becoming now,” he stated in his Instagram post a year ago. The growing model, meanwhile, is becoming a new spokesperson for lung cancer.