Jillian Mercado Is Your Rebellious Best Friend
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As a model, Jillian Mercado has been featured on billboards from Times Square to Venice, Italy. And, she's one of the only professional models who also uses a wheelchair. Jillian talks with Noor Tagouri about how being a rebel was her survival mode growing up, and what it was like to see herself—wheelchair and all—on a huge billboard in Italy.
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