A 20-year-old Coquitlam woman and BC Wheelchair rugby player has won the Lise Watier Something Sweet contest, making her one of the world's first quadriplegic models.
Jessica Kruger, who was featured last month on the front page of The Tri-City News, was announced in Montreal as the brand ambassador of the company's perfume line.
An English Lit student at SFU, Kruger became a quadriplegic in a workplace accident at 15.
"Hopefully other girls and women with disabilities who are going through a similar journey will recognize that disability does not rob you of being beautiful, nor does it take away from the person that you truly are," Kruger said in a news release. "The fact that Lise Watier is embracing me - all of me - in this pursuit is truly unbelievable.
"This Canadian cosmetic company is showing the world that different can be beautiful."
