This interview with Melanie Gaydos may help you ponder your true feelings on the topic. Melanie was born with a condition called ectodermal dysplasia, but she didn’t let this stop her from pursuing her dream of becoming a high-fashion model. Her irreverent and disarming interview below may force you to rethink your views, no matter how open-minded you may already think you are.

The interview below was for the StyleLikeU project; you can see more images or learn more about Gaydos on her Tumbr, or there’s a pretty thorough interview/article here.