At 83 Miyo Maki had never manicured her nails, thickened and deformed due to leprosy, a disease she was diagnosed with when she was just 10 years old. Later that day, she walked down the runway, wearing a white lace dress and basking in the limelight long denied to her and other leprosy patients because of an overwhelming stigma against the disease. “I think this show represents a step forward in the history of leprosy,” she said.
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Ex-leper takes to Tokyo runway to fight stigma
