Jillian Mercado
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April 30, 1987
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Jillian Mercado Bio
Jillian Mercado is an actress and model born on 30th April 1987 in New York City, United States. She is one of the few models who are physically disabled. Jillian is a popular figure in the modeling industry, and she is always keen on fighting the under-representation of people with disability in the fashion industry. After completing college, she worked as an intern at Veranda and Allure magazine. She went on to appear in numerous Fashion Weeks, which helped her to get noticed.
Her breakthrough came in 2014 when she featured in the campaign for the Italian retail clothing company Diesel. She caught the attention of the president of IMG Models, Ivan Bart. She appeared in campaigns for Nordstrom and in the CR Fashion Book of the former Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld. In 2016, it was announced she would be featuring in the campaign for Beyoncé’s official website alongside two other models. In the same year, she was featured in the marketing campaign for Target Corporation.
