Google Doodle honors the life of Mama Cax today. Cax was a beauty model and influencer who was Haitian American and had a fake leg. She fought hard for the rights of people with disabilities and wondered why they weren’t more prevalent in the beauty and fashion industry.
Mama Cax died in London in 2019 when she was 30 years old. Cax was 14 when she was diagnosed with cancer in her bones and lungs. After a botched hip replacement surgery when she was 16, Cax had to have one of her legs cut off.
But Mama Cax did everything she could to make a living in the beauty industry. She became a strong supporter of people with disabilities because she would show off her artificial leg during fashion shows.
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How did Mama Cax die?
Mama Cax died in London in 2019 after spending a week in hospital. The reason for her death was soon revealed to the public. According to news reports, Cax had terrible stomach pains and later discovered that she had several blood clots in her lungs.
When Cax died she was 30 years old. Cax was a big believer in self-love and she started making bold fashion statements. She often decorated her artificial leg and proudly showed it off at fashion shows.
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Investigation into the cause of Mama Cax’s death
Mama Cax spent a week in the hospital before passing away on Dec. 20, 2019, according to a statement from her family released on Instagram. She was 30 years old.
She wrote on Instagram a week before her death that she was in severe abdominal pain and was rushed to the emergency room.
She claimed that medical specialists initially thought it was just inflammation. She had “several blood clots” in her knee, thigh, abdomen and close to a filter in her lungs the next morning, so it “got worse.”
As part of her cancer treatment when she was a teen — more on that below — doctors had the filter implanted there. She continued, “Unfortunately,” “flying puts me at risk for a pulmonary embolism.” So she had made the decision to remain under house arrest until after Christmas.
The person who edited Mama Cax’s Wikipedia entry stating that pulmonary embolism was the cause of death seems perplexed by this.
No official reports make this claim. But blood clots can be deadly. In addition, a blood clot that has “traveled from a deep vein to a lung” is known as a pulmonary embolus. Mama Cax died on December 16, 2019 at the Royal London Hospital.
Mama Cax’s Most Important Achievements: From Struggle to Success
Mama Cax used her own story to spark a positive movement for diversity and better representation of people with disabilities in the fashion industry. Cax modeled for luxury brands such as Rihanna’s Fenty, Tommy Hilfiger and Sephora. In 2018, the cover of Teen Vogue was all about her.
Cax is a model, but she also has a BA and an MA in international relations, and she worked for the mayor of New York City while she was in school.
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What happens to Mama Cax?
Mama Cax’s life was tragically cut short in 2019 due to health issues. People remember the model and activist who changed the way people thought about how people with disabilities should be or what they should look like. Today’s colorful Doodle art shows how colorful her life is.
Why is Google celebrating Mama Cax?
With Black History Month and New York Fashion Week 2023 kicking off on Friday, today’s Google Doodle honors Mama Cax, who made her debut at New York Fashion Week 2019 on this day, February 8, four years ago. Mama Cax was a role model for body positivity because she was a model who had lost a leg.
Who is Momo in Google Doodle?
Momo is a Black Cat character who has featured in several Doodles. She is based on a real cat named Momo who was born on April 15, 2010 and owned by former Doodler Juliana Chen. She now lives with someone who goes by the name “Sid” or “getblonked”.
