Top 10 Inspiring models who have challenged beauty standards

7. Alex Minsky

Alex Minsky is a retired Marine Corporal, 28 year old model. After hitting a bomb while on his first tour of Afghanistan in 2009. He spent days in a coma because of a brain injury and had his right leg amputated. After the death of his brother due to drug overdose, Minskey himself entered a long period of abusing drugs.

He turned to physical fitness in order to stop using drugs and was approached by a fashion photographer. He, then has been featured in magazines and is the brand ambassador for LiveFit.