Niu Yu looked remarkable on the catwalk at the concluded Shanghai Fashion Week. This was not just because of her beauty or the clothes she was wearing. She also seemed to show a(n)1 strength. She did it with her artificial 2 in full view, and in that single action she 3 beauty with courage.
Thirteen years ago, in the 8. 0-magnitude earthquake that 4 Wenchuan, the then teenaged Niu 5 her right leg as well as her young brother and nine close friends. It was a big 6 to her. However, Niu feels that she is 7. "At least, I 8 and I am surrounded by people who love me." She says, smiling with tears 9 up in her eyes.
"Losing a leg doesn't mean losing my 10 for life." she says.
In 2018, at the 10th anniversary of the earthquake, she 11 and finished the 21-kilometer marathon in 3 hours and 53 minutes, 12 almost walking.
She even went to remote Tibet Autonomous Region for a volunteer 13 program. Her students surrounded her, looking at her "iron leg" 14. She knew it was her 15 to help others and 16the love and confidence.
Now she works as a photographer in Chengdu. And her one-minute catwalk went viral (风靡) on the Internet. Some social media users nicknamed her as "Iron Man's sister".
Her leg doesn't discourage her. 17, it serves as a 18 that it is not what she is missing that defines her, but what she has got. She says, "When you accept your flaws (缺陷), you become free and 19."
Everyone has flaws that we want to hide away, whether they are visible or invisible. And we should learn to 20our "imperfection" and embrace life with passion and confidence.
