The Aesthetics of Prosthetics

This is Aimee Mullins. As a Division I track and field athlete at Georgetown University she ran the 100-meter dash in 17.01 seconds and jumped 3.14 meters (10' 4") in the long jump. She modeled for British fashion designer Alexander McQueen in 1999, and in 2002 she appeared in Mathew Barney's Cremaster 3. She's sexy, smart, and successful. She's also a bilateral amputee.

Aimee was born with fibular hemimelia (missing fibula bones) and had both legs amputated below the knee at age one. After her collegiate track career she began modeling in order to challenge normative conceptions of beauty and wholeness.





As well as redefining what a prosthetic should look like.