Mama Cax

HITC takes a look at who Mama Cax is as Google Doodle honors the influential American- Haitian model during Black History Month.

It is with that same grit (fervor) that she fought her last days on earth.” We ask that you please respect Cax’s privacy in this difficult time. [Black History Month](/en-gb/topic/black-history-month/), many people paid their tributes and remembered Cax for her influential work. We will make information about funeral arrangements public once they are finalized.” [statement](https://www.instagram.com/p/B6TNOs4FjzE/) on Instagram which read: “To say that Cax was a fighter would be an understatement. [London](/en-gb/topic/london/) hospital after a week-long hospitalization.

A cancer survivor and vocal advocate for inclusivity in the fashion industry, the model died after a weeklong illness in 2019.

She had hundreds of thousands of online followers who were inspired by her writings on travel, food, lifestyle and beauty. She went on to land a Teen Vogue cover in 2018. When a hip replacement failed, it was decided that her right leg and part of her hip should be amputated. He had established what was then called Negro History Week to promote the study of black history in schools. American historian Carter G Woodson proposed the first commemoration of what would become Black History Month in 1926. Who was Mama Cax?

Wednesday's Google Doodle honors the modeling career and activism of the late Cacsmy Brutus, also known as Mama Cax.

"She is someone that I admired. She left a legacy for Haitians and many people in the disability community and I want people to see her light." [Prince](https://www.upi.com/topic/Prince/), lost her right leg after a battle with bone and lung cancer when she was a teen.

On 8 February 2023, in honor of Black History Month, Google released a Google Doodle on Wednesday highlighting a number of significant aspects of Mama Cax's ...

The illustration showcases Mama Cax who was renowned for challenging conventional beauty standards. On this day in 2019, Mama Cax made her debut on a runway at New York Fashion Week. Today’s vibrant Doodle artwork by the artist Lyne Lucien is a reflection of her bright life which highlights the many facets of her identity including her Haitian heritage, her NYC hometown, and her fashion career with her prosthetic incorporated into the look. [#GoogleDoodle]celebrates Haitian American model, activist and disability rights advocate, Mama Cax. - In 2019, in England in December Cax was admitted to the Royal London Hospital for severe abdominal pains and blood clots in the lung. Mama Cax was an American-Haitian model and disabled rights activist and with her prosthetic right leg, Cax was an unconventional figure in modern fashion modeling.

“The artwork highlights the many facets of her identity including her Haitian heritage, her NYC hometown, and her fashion career with her prosthetic ...

You can read the [original article](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/mama-cax-google-doodle-today-b2278030.html) here. Her family said in a statement at the time: “To say that Cax was a fighter would be an understatement. She told US Vogue at the time: “I was doing an event the other day with a lot of girls with limb differences and in wheelchairs. Following her passing, Rihanna paid tribute to Mama Cax and tweeted: “A queen. A powerhouse beauty that brought her strength to the @savagexfenty stage this year inspiring so many across the globe. She would cover her amputated leg and prosthetic leg in long trousers or dresses for years. [](https://nnn.ng/#:~:text=mom blogger outreach) “I was ashamed of how I looked,” she explained. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. She spent most of her childhood in Haiti. It was not easy, but at the same time, this was not my ultimate goal. “Not just in body type but also in size.

After losing her leg to cancer as a teen, the trailblazing model was an advocate for inclusivity in the fashion industry, boldly displaying her prosthetic ...

The celebration eventually expanded to a month and spread across the US before President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976. When a hip replacement failed, it was decided that her right leg and part of her hip should be amputated. At the age of 14, she was diagnosed with bone and lung cancer and was given three weeks to live.

Cax broke stereotypes of beauty by going for catwalks triumphantly while wearing a prosthetic limb.

She appeared in commercials for [Tommy Hilfiger](/topic/tommy-hilfiger)and [Sephora](/topic/sephora)in addition to walking the catwalk for Chromat and [Rihanna](/topic/rihanna)'s Fenty Beauty. As a result, she began to post frequently, advocate for diversity in the fashion industry, and use her platform to discuss her own body insecurities. She made her professional modelling debut in a commercial in 2017 and was immediately signed by Jag Models. Cax originally struggled with depression and had a hard time adjusting to her prosthetic limb because she wanted it to blend in with her skin tone and appear natural. [Business News](/news), [Breaking News](/breakingnewslist.cms)Events and [Latest News](/news/latest-news)Updates on [The Economic Times](/).) She also completed the

Google Doodle is celebrating the life of Mama Cax today. Cax was a Haitian-American influencer and beauty model with a prosthetic leg.

Google Doodle is celebrating the life of American-Haitian model and disabled rights activist Mama Cax during Black History Month – what do we know about her ...

“To say that Cax was a fighter was an understatement,” her family’s statement read, shortly after she died. Fashion was, at first, a way to hide the parts of her she didn’t want to show. But the next morning it “got worse”; she had “several blood clots” in her leg, thigh, abdomen and near a filter in her lungs. “Unfortunately,” she added, “flying puts me at risk of a pulmonary embolism.” Therefore she had decided to stay grounded until after Christmas. “It sounded like a death sentence, and my doctors weren’t confident I was going to make it.” With her prosthetic right let, she was an unconventional figure in the world of modern fashion modelling.

With New York Fashion Week 2023 kicking off on Friday and combining themes from Black History Month, Google Doodle honors Mama Cax, whose debut at New York ...

While waiting for the food I listened to my stomach growl, a noise smothered by afro beat accompanied by the smell of grease and the sight of the sunrise. For the longest, I was waiting for the opportunity to visit my mother land,” Cax said. Nonetheless, readers of DETOUR magazine will be glad to hear that she did get a chance to visit Africa in 2015. I would probably spend my days eating and shopping for colorful fabrics,” Cax recalls telling AFAR magazine in an interview. I have plans to go to Japan soon. In this interview with Here Magazine from April 2019, she said Kenya and Japan were next on her list.