Modern Model March 2014 | Page 9

FOCUSED
  ON
  FASHION:
  Top
  photo,
  Model
  Karina
  Mar(nez,
  6,

poses
  for
  a
  photo
  among
  the
  displays
  of
  the
  Mid-­‐Michigan

Children’s
  Museum
  in
  Saginaw,
  MI.
  (Photo
  ©
  Brian
  Thornton)
  At

right
  even
  as
  a
  young
  toddler,
  Karina
  was
  already
  developing
  her

sense
 of
 fashion
 and
 posing
 ability
 (Mar(nez
 family
 photo).

that
 makes
 her
 so
 happy,”
 she
 said.
 “It
 makes
 me
 happy
 just

to
  stand
  by
  her
  side
  and
  see
  her
  doing
  that
  makes
  her
  so

happy,”
 she
 said.

  With
  a
  future
  filled
  with
  plans
  of
  photoshoots,

runway
 shows,
 fashion
 shoots,
 and
 events,
 Karina
 stands
 as
 a

shining
  example
  to
  MCADD
  sufferers,
  and
  other
  models
  in

general,
 but
 not
 only
 telling
 them
 to
 follow
 their
 dreams
 –
 but

by
 leading
 the
 way.

For
 more
 informa&on,
 or
 to
 book

Karina
 Mar&nez,
 contact
 her
 through

her
 mother’s
 (Tara
 Vicencio’s)

webpage
 at

hTps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006241866488

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