Dustin Lail is originally from “Lafayette, LA and currently lives in Baton Rouge, LA for college.” He is set apart from other models because “I was born handicap with a mild club foot and had a cast on from 6 months old through second grade. During this time, I learned to crawl, walk, and even played sports. I never let the cast get in my way of doing something that I wanted to do, and my parents never let me use it as an excuse for anything. What this did was build a strong resilience in me and persistence that doesn’t die down. I was born with something that was supposed to physically hinder me – but I didn’t let it and did everything and more that a normal kid my age was doing. So I feel like I have a drive to do things that comes from something instilled in me from birth, something that doesn’t allow me to stop when told I can’t do something.”
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