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Aimee Mullins (b. 1976, in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an athlete, actress, and fashion model.

She was born with fibular hemimelia (missing fibula bones) and had both of her legs amputated below the knee when she was just one-year-old. While attending Georgetown University she competed against able-bodied athletes in NCAA Division I track and field events and set Paralympic records in 1996 in Atlanta in the 100-meter dash and the long jump. Her personal bests are: 15.77 seconds for the 100-meter dash, 34.60 seconds for the 200 meter, and 3.5 meters for the long-jump. Also while at Georgetown, Mullins won a place on the Foreign Affairs internship program making her the youngest person with security clearance at The Pentagon, and the only woman among 249 men in her department. She also makes appearances as a motivational speaker.

Fashion model

In 1999, she modelled for British fashion designer, Alexander McQueen in his London show.

Actress

In 2002, she appeared in Matthew Barney's Cremaster 3 (the final film of The Cremaster Cycle) as a cheetah woman (the Entered Novitiate and Oonagh MacCumhail).

Books

Aimee been featured in the following books:

Athlete (2002) ISBN 0060195533
Laws of the Bandit Queens (2002) ISBN 0609808079
The Prosthetic Impulse - Smith & Mora (eds.)(2006) ISBN 0262195305

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