Celebrating Mama Cax: Google honours the late unforgettable trailblazing model with a BHM Doodle
On 16 December 2018, the world woke up to the shocking news of the sudden passing of Cacsmy Brutus – popularly known as Mama Cax. The global outpouring of grief for much-loved inspirational disability advocate, motivational speaker, and model, was palpable and is largely still heavily felt today.
It is therefore of little surprise that today (8th February), Google’s Doodle celebrates the much-loved late Haitian American model, as part of Black History Month, as well as to commemorate the day Mama Cax made her debut on a runway at New York Fashion Week in 2019.
Before her death, Mama Cax used her strong social media following to share apt messages on body positivity and self-love, championed disability rights and inclusion, including in modeling, an industry in which she ably partook, and was featured in magazine editorials including TeenVogue, Cosmopolitan, Essence Magazine, Glamour. She further inspired many in the way she embraced her disability with a remarkable can-do attitude that she even complete the New York City Marathon and was an avid climber.
“Whether it’s on the runway, in an Olay ad, or on Instagram, Mama Cax brings a breath of fresh air and an important message: that women with disabilities deserve to be represented equally…In a world that privileges a narrow standard of beauty and attempts to erase those who don’t fall within it, she opens up a perspective on what the industry could—and should—aspire to look like,” Glamour magazine wrote about her.
Explaining its decision for the Mama Cax Doodle, which was Illustrated by Brooklyn-based guest artist Lyne Lucien, the search engine giant states: The model and activist is remembered for expanding the image of what people with disabilities should be or look like. Today’s vibrant Doodle artwork is a reflection of her bright life. The artwork 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.”
“Thank you for being a positive role model and advocating for inclusion in the fashion and beauty world, Mama Cax,” it stated further in this blog.
We couldn’t agree more. Keep Resting In Peace Mama Cax.
Feature Photo credit: Mama Cax Twitter