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Posted Sep 2024

“Blind people are glamorous.”

Two images of Sylvia Chengo smiling. On the left, she is lying down and looking off to the side with a small board in front of her that reads 'blind but I can see'. On the right she is smiling at the camera, holding her white cane and dressed in a black satin dress and has red lipstick on.

Individuality should be celebrated. Our bodies are all different, just like our experiences. In this short video, Sylvia playfully shares her thoughts on self-love, stating “all bodies are beautiful, blind people are glamorous”.

Sylvia says:

Just a reminder that you are beautiful just as you are.

How has your summer been? I celebrated my birthday and apparently I’m officially auntie age, so let me just mind my business, wear what I want, empower others, and really get serious about drinking water!

Video description

Sylvia is a black blind woman with long black and silver grey braids. The clips show her as she essentially frolics with her children outside a restaurant with beautifully lit palm trees. She holds her long white cane, sometimes walking and smiling. Her outfit is a long black evening dress with a thigh high split, she carries a black and gold woven large clutch bag and wears her comfy slippers.

Through sharing this content we hope to provide information and stories that bring comfort and connection to as many people as possible.

If you would like to find out more about Sylvia’s experiences as a blind mum, and her love of fashion and beauty, you can visit her Instagram using the link below.

Click here to visit Sylvia's Instagram page

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