Summer-Kiarah Lamont is not one for making excuses.
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The 11-year-old from Warilla has Autism and global developmental delay – an intellectual disability which slows her development.
These disabilities may slow Summer-Kiarah down but they don’t stop her from ‘’dreaming big’’ and helping other people doing it tough.
The animal lover doesn’t hesitate on spending some of her pocket money each week on one item for either a homeless person or for animal charities.
This generosity of spirit saw ‘’many people’’ nominate Summer-Kiarah for the Face Of The Globe Modelling Competition.
On Saturday she will head to Surfers Paradise, Queensland to take part in the prestigious competition.
Reanna Brennan said her daughter was in the top 9 girls taking part in the junior category.
‘’The winner gets a sponsored trip to Paris and London next year,’’ Ms Brennan said.
‘’The top five also get the opportunity to travel to these places but they will have to sponsor it themselves. Summer has her heart set on London.’’
The Disability Trust funded the Queensland trip, paying for Summer-Kiarah and her mum’s flights and accommodation.
Speaking to the Mercury, Summer-Kiarah said she was looking forward to the competition.
‘’I can’t wait. Hopefully I do well and get to go to London,’’she said.
Hopefully I do well and get to go to London.
- Summer-Kiarah Lamont
Ms Brennan said she was very proud of her daughter, who has for the past two years attended the Aspect (Autism Spectrum Australia) school at Barrack Heights.
‘’I am very proud of her as she has overcome many things in life, including her several disabilities and us having a house fire in 2013,’’ she said.
‘’As you can imagine, this is a lot for a little girl to take. But Summer has such a beautiful loving personality and although she has these disabilities and tragedies occur, she still does everything she can to help raise funds and items for charities like Red Cross, Rainbow Child Foundation and the RSPCA.
‘’She recently donated a couple of boxes of items to RSPCA that she collected from friends and family or bought with her own money. She also had two garage sales where she sold donated goods to raise funds for chosen charities, Rainbow Child Foundation and RSPCA.
‘’I'm very excited for this opportunity for Summer to make new friends and gain confidence.’’