Meet the Models: Rebecca Whitehead

I am a breast cancer survivor. I was diagnosed while living in Hawaii at age 30. My partner and I made the decision to move back to the east coast for my treatment to be closer to family and to have access to higher quality medical care and clinical trials. What makes this year special? In February I celebrated 5 years of remission!

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Meet the Models: Missy Devlin

Breast cancer impacted me physically, emotionally, mentally, and financially. I was 57 and was in very good health. I had started a new job less than a year before my diagnosis. It began when I started feeling tired, weak, and achy all over. I didn’t have any of the typical symptoms of breast cancer. I was told by my primary care physician that it appeared I had fibromyalgia. That diagnosis just didn’t sit well with me. I pushed to have more tests done and was also due for my annual mammogram. After the mammogram, the cancer diagnosis came quickly and I became part of a club that no one wants to be member of.

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Meet the Models: Erika Hodnett

There was no lump. I felt absolutely normal. I went in for my yearly mammogram in January 2022 and that’s when the doctors found calcium deposits. After an MRI and a biopsy, I got the call saying I had HER2 negative invasive lobular carcinoma of the right breast. I broke down immediately. I thought, ‘I can’t die, I have my little ones to take care of and I’m not going to leave them.’”

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Meet the Models, NYC: Paula Froehle

“there still seems to be this sense of quiet about breast cancer. I understand it is very personal, but I have been shocked that no matter who I speak to, they are 1 degree separated from breast cancer. There is a fear you live with about anything else that happens that it is the cancer returning.” 

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Meet the Models, NYC: Renee Hollander

As a teacher, Renee’s life has “always been about the children,” so it seems an easy progression to join the Runway community and celebrate her own journey of strength, while benefitting children and families who need help the most. 

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