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 Gap has added a new face to its long roster of models — and she’s adorable. The clothing brand has tapped nine-year-old Kayla Kosmalski to walk in its GapKids x ED fashion show in Miami this Saturday. 
 
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 Kayla, who has Down Syndrome, will hit the catwalk to debut Ellen DeGeneres’s new children’s clothing line for GapKids this weekend. The nine-year-old will be joining 13 other “power girls” — four of whom have a disability — to show off DeGeneres’s new child-size duds in the show. 
 
 The stylish event is being put on with the help of Changing the Face of Beauty, a non-profit that advocates for equal representation of people with disabilities in advertising and the media. 
 
 “Kayla is just a great little girl,” Katie Driscoll, the founder of Changing the Face of Beauty, tells PEOPLE. “She enjoys the spotlight and the modeling scene, so it was a good fit.” 
 
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 Before being picked for the GapKida show, Kayla participated in beauty pageants and most recently joined a dance team. 
 
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 “We are extremely honored to be a part of this,” Driscoll says. “Gap speaks so loudly to young adults and young children, and its imagery is powerful.” 
 
 She adds: “This is a huge opportunity for us — back to school is an important time for us because the 13 percent of kids [with disabilities] going back aren’t represented by the media.” 
 
 The show, which is one of eight launch celebrations for the GapKids x ED collection, will be held at the Gap storefront on Lincoln Road in Miami from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. But the question on everyone’s mind is: Will Ellen be there? 
 
 “Wouldn’t that be great?” jokes Driscoll. 
 
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 Kayla Kosmalski is on her way to Florida to walk in the clothing company Gap‘s first show that features models with Down syndrome. 
 
 Courtesy of the Princess Kayla Facebook page. 
 
 Kayla, 9, has Down syndrome and landed the job with Gap after seeing a posting for the opportunity on the Changing the Face of Beauty Facebook page, an effort to get brands to feature people with disabilities in advertisements. The Gap fashion show will take place on Saturday, August 22, at a Gap store in Miami. 
 
 It’s part of the launch of Ellen Degeneres’s new clothing line for kids in collaboration with Gap, GapKids x ED. 
 
 Courtesy of the Princess Kayla Facebook page. 
 
 “I am just ecstatic for this opportunity for Kayla,” her mother Amy Kosmalski told The Mighty while aboard her plane to Miami and awaiting takeoff. “The campaign is just incredible. It’s showing the world that our kids are more alike than different and they deserve the same opportunities as the other kids do. Yes, Kayla has Down syndrome, but she’s smart and funny and sassy like all other kids.” 
 
 “And ‘drama!'” Kayla added. Yes, she’s also dramatic, her mother confirmed with a laugh. Kayla’s favorite parts about modeling are waving, blowing kisses and “rocking the stage.” 
 
 Courtesy of the Princess Kayla Facebook page. 
 
 Changing the Face of beauty has put 14 girls of all abilities in touch with the Gap campaign, three of whom (including Kayla) have Down syndrome. There is also a girl with a limb difference named Fern and a girl named Charlize who has a chromosome abnormality. They will walk the runway at two times on Saturday. 
 
 “We could not be more thrilled to be a part of this,” Katie Driscoll, co-founder of Changing the Face of Beauty, told The Mighty in an email. “The opportunity to participate in a event like this is a huge win for our organization as well as these girls who happen to have disabilities and the girls who do not have a disability. Our message is simple: Kids are kids regardless of their ability, and they look great when given the opportunity to be featured together. This gives us the opportunity to really show the world what is possible when all kids are represented in advertising.” 
 
 Check out Kayla’s Facebook page or the Changing the Face of Beauty Facebook page for more information on all the other models taking part in the show.
– Among the kids modeling for Gap today at a fashion show in Miami will be 9-year-old Kayla Kosmalski, and Kayla is making headlines because she's got Down syndrome. She's actually one of four kids in the show with a disability of some kind, part of a campaign called Changing the Face of Beauty to get big-name brands to widen their scope, reports People. "Yes, Kayla has Down syndrome, but she’s smart and funny and sassy like all other kids," her mom tells the Mighty. They were flying in from Delaware for today's show, which will feature Ellen DeGeneres' line of kids' clothes.