Just days after fleeing from her home in Kyiv, Ukraine amid an ongoing war, a wheelchair-bound model took part in a fashion show in downtown L.A.
Oksana Kononets, who is wheelchair-bound, appeared at the"Runway of Dreams" adaptive fashion show.Ten years ago, Kononets was paralyzed after falling five stories when she was 19.The trains were packed, and both women were forced to switch to several other trains."In the evening after this hard trip, we came to the library, volunteers helped us. We came to the library and we slept on the floor," said Kononets."In spite of everything, I came here.
Kononets says depending on what happens in Ukraine over the next several weeks, she hopes to return to the country she loves by the end of April.
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