This Marine went from a leg amputation to modeling and elite sports

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This Marine went from a leg amputation to modeling and elite sports
By Irene Loewenson
Oct 21, 12:08 AM
Annika Hutsler poses for a photoshoot for the calendar of Pin-Ups For Vets, a nonprofit geared toward helping injured and ill veterans. (Pin-Ups For Vets)

At a 2021 competition for athletes with physical disabilities, Marine Corps veteran Annika Hutsler met a 10-year-old girl who, like her, had a leg amputation below the knee.

The girl’s mother asked Hutsler what she did for a living. Hutsler ― whose ad for fitness brand Athleta had just come out ― had recently left the Marine Corps and had started modeling.

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