'When I’m on the runway, I feel really powerful. I feel present in my body.”
is one of pure love and intimacy. Years ago, she named her chair Aphrodite, or Aph for short, to symbolize that it’s a part of her, not just a tool she uses. But this past summer, that part was taken away when her chair was broken during a plane ride. “I knew I had a connection to Aphrodite, but when she was broken beyond repair, I realized how deep that connection was,” she recounts. “It was like this loss of my body — and a loss of me in many ways.
In addition to modelling, Scalesse has a passion for storytelling. In 2020, she earned a master’s degree in non-fiction writing from Columbia University. For her thesis, she began working on a memoir that she hopes to one day see published. “I want to show the immense intricacies of being a disabled woman in the world,” she says. “I just want people to see the nitty-gritty of it, because I think sharing my story will help further my message about my community.
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