senior citizens physicallychallenged individuals transgenders plussized women and people with skin conditions are sashaying down the runway in various fashion weeks across the globe some of them have also become the faces of popular clothing brands the glamour industry is seeing a major shift towards body positivity and becoming inclusive heres a look at how the spirit of humanity is being celebrated in the sartorial worldmessage of peace at a recentlyconcluded fashion week in tokyo designer takafumi tsuruta roped in models from different walks of life to depict the adverse effects of nuclear weapons disabled comedian yusei terada visuallychallenged accordion player sota nii and akako ozawa a singer with muscular dystrophy wore the designers creationssmall is beautiful bucking the fashion show stereotype of tall willowy models earlier this month 15 women less than four feet four inches tall walked the runway at a special fashion show in paris some time back the same show was held in new york it will be organised in tokyo next yearplussize glory american model ashley graham has featured on the covers of several fashion magazines and in the campaign of a leading denim brand she was the first plussize model to be featured in a sports magazines swimsuit issue this year she partnered with a canadian plussize clothing retailer to launch her own line of lingerieagainst all challenges rebekah marine a 28yearold model from new jersey who was born without a right forearm and wears an ilimb quantum prosthetic hand participated in a fashion week in new york last monthjamie brewer an actress activist and model who has down syndrome also walked the rampskin deep canadian model chantelle brownyoung also known as winnie harlow or chantelle winnie who suffers from the chronic skin condition vitiligo featured in an italian clothing brands springsummer campaign earlier this year she is also the brand representative of a spanish casual clothing brandrinkykumartimesgroupcom