Nineteen-year-old Anastasia Pagonis is both a Paralympian and a make-up influencer. Pagonis is a gold medalist in Paralympic swimming but is known to her nearly 3M social media followers for her dark humor and beauty hacks as well. Having lost her vision fully by 14-years-old, continuing to swim presented a skill-building challenge for Pagonis—but one she took on and mastered. Now, she uses her social media platforms to show her disability doesn’t box her into one specific identity; she says, “I want to show people I can dress cute, I can do my own makeup, and I can be a professional athlete. I want to show people that this is what blindness is.” (Bustle)
