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Amniotic Band Syndrome

Lyric Mariah Heard, who posed for Rihanna, opens up about realities of being a model with limb difference

Lyric Mariah Heard, who posed for Rihanna, opens up about realities of being a model with limb difference

Lyric Mariah Heard has hilarious names for her prosthetic legs—Bertha and Tina. Bertha is her daily prosthetic, and Tina is her high-heel prosthetic. The 28-year-old model has used her birth defect, Amniotic Band Syndrome (ABS), which has caused limb deformities in her right hand and right leg, to her advantage. In an interview with Good…

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