Google Doodle

2023 - 2 - 8

Mama Cax

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New Google Doodle honors the legacy of model Mama Cax (Mashable)

In honor of Black History Month, Google's latest homepage Doodle celebrates the life and legacy of the model and disability rights activist.

[interview with Glamour(Opens in a new tab)](https://www.glamour.com/story/mama-cax-woty-all-year) in 2019, Mama Cax described the intersectional advocacy she took on, as both a Black woman and a person with a disability operating in spaces that are historically very exclusive. I'm embraced there because of my Blackness — I want to also be embraced there because of my disability." At only 14, Mama Cax was diagnosed with two separate forms of cancer, which eventually led to the amputation of her right leg as a teenager. Others who have donned the homepage mantle include baseball history-maker [Toni Stone](https://mashable.com/article/black-history-month-google-doodle-toni-stone) and father of modern video games [Jerry Lawson](https://mashable.com/article/gerald-jerry-lawson-google-doodle-2022). By 2017, Mama Cax had made a name for herself in online fashion and body positivity spaces, and would sign her first advertising campaign with Wet N Wild cosmetics that year. [Black History Month](https://mashable.com/article/free-online-kids-resources-black-history-month), continuing a Doodle legacy of shouting out important Black figures who haven't gotten their fair share of the historical record.

Google Doodle: Who is Mama Cax and when was the model's death? (HITC)

HITC takes a look at who Mama Cax is as Google Doodle honors the influential American- Haitian model during Black History Month.

It is with that same grit (fervor) that she fought her last days on earth.” We ask that you please respect Cax’s privacy in this difficult time. [Black History Month](/en-gb/topic/black-history-month/), many people paid their tributes and remembered Cax for her influential work. We will make information about funeral arrangements public once they are finalized.” [statement](https://www.instagram.com/p/B6TNOs4FjzE/) on Instagram which read: “To say that Cax was a fighter would be an understatement. [London](/en-gb/topic/london/) hospital after a week-long hospitalization.

Who was Mama Cax? Google Doodle celebrates American-Haitian ... (Evening Standard)

A cancer survivor and vocal advocate for inclusivity in the fashion industry, the model died after a weeklong illness in 2019.

She had hundreds of thousands of online followers who were inspired by her writings on travel, food, lifestyle and beauty. She went on to land a Teen Vogue cover in 2018. When a hip replacement failed, it was decided that her right leg and part of her hip should be amputated. He had established what was then called Negro History Week to promote the study of black history in schools. American historian Carter G Woodson proposed the first commemoration of what would become Black History Month in 1926. Who was Mama Cax?

Google Doodle honors Haitian American model, activist Mama Cax ... (UPI.com)

Wednesday's Google Doodle honors the modeling career and activism of the late Cacsmy Brutus, also known as Mama Cax.

"She is someone that I admired. She left a legacy for Haitians and many people in the disability community and I want people to see her light." [Prince](https://www.upi.com/topic/Prince/), lost her right leg after a battle with bone and lung cancer when she was a teen.

Google Doodle for Black History Month Honors Amputee Model ... (CNET)

After losing her leg to cancer as a teen, the trailblazing model was an advocate for inclusivity in the fashion industry, boldly displaying her prosthetic ...

The celebration eventually expanded to a month and spread across the US before President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976. When a hip replacement failed, it was decided that her right leg and part of her hip should be amputated. At the age of 14, she was diagnosed with bone and lung cancer and was given three weeks to live.

Who is Mama Cax, the disability rights advocate honoured by ... (Economic Times)

Cax broke stereotypes of beauty by going for catwalks triumphantly while wearing a prosthetic limb.

She appeared in commercials for [Tommy Hilfiger](/topic/tommy-hilfiger)and [Sephora](/topic/sephora)in addition to walking the catwalk for Chromat and [Rihanna](/topic/rihanna)'s Fenty Beauty. As a result, she began to post frequently, advocate for diversity in the fashion industry, and use her platform to discuss her own body insecurities. She made her professional modelling debut in a commercial in 2017 and was immediately signed by Jag Models. Cax originally struggled with depression and had a hard time adjusting to her prosthetic limb because she wanted it to blend in with her skin tone and appear natural. [Business News](/news), [Breaking News](/breakingnewslist.cms)Events and [Latest News](/news/latest-news)Updates on [The Economic Times](/).) She also completed the

Google Doodle Day: Lyne Lucien '13 Artwork Highlighted amid ... (Bowdoin News)

Doodles are the fun and sometimes spontaneous changes Google makes to its logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, ...

[Watch a video about Mama Cax here](https://youtu.be/bA-AKbJbdZM). [Google archives its homepage doodles here](https://www.google.com/doodles); [read more about Google’s doodles](https://www.google.com/doodles/about). [Google doodle for Wednesday, February 8, 2023](https://www.google.com/).