{"id":59251,"date":"2018-02-26T09:56:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T15:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/?p=59251"},"modified":"2018-02-26T09:56:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T15:56:10","slug":"role-model-syndrome-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/awareness\/role-model-syndrome-community","title":{"rendered":"a role model for the Down Syndrome community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karrie Brown is a role model for the Down Syndrome community. Karrie made her dream of modeling come true in high school when Wet Seal selected her as a model for their brand. Not because she had Down syndrome, but inspite of it. Karrie went on to act in a film, be featured in multiple teen magazines, do some modeling for Maurices, walk the red carpet and attend pre-Oscar events! She has a bracelet designed for her by Ronaldo Designer Jewelry and the proceeds\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">benefit her non profit organization.. karriedaway, which helps other individuals with disabilities fulfill their dreams and find meaningful employment.<br \/>\nWe are excited to announce Karrie Brown will be our guest and motivational speaker for our GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse McHenry County Spring Be-You-Tiful Fashion Show, April 22, 2018! This young woman seems to have lived life more than most people. She has pursued her dreams in a way a lot of us have not. She is an inspiration and role model!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/awareness\/role-model-syndrome-community\/attachment\/fs-karrie\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59252\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-59252\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/files\/2018\/02\/fs.karrie-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/files\/2018\/02\/fs.karrie-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/files\/2018\/02\/fs.karrie-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/files\/2018\/02\/fs.karrie-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/files\/2018\/02\/fs.karrie.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karrie Brown is a role model for the Down Syndrome community. Karrie made her dream of modeling come true in high school when Wet Seal selected her as a model for their brand. Not because she had Down syndrome, but inspite of it. Karrie went on to act in a film, be featured in multiple&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awareness","category-guest-speaker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/mchenry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}