Beauty through adversity
Canadian model Elly Mayday is cancer ‘thriver’
VANCOUVER SUN
What would you do if you were diagnosed with cancer?
While most people can’t imagine what that moment might be like, Elly Mayday knows exactly what she’d do.
The Saskatchewan-born model was diagnosed in 2013 with ovarian cancer, and that’s when she decided that rather than give up her dreams and allow cancer to win, she would fight back — and continue to model.
Mayday chatted with Postmedia News in advance of her visit to Vancouver this month to accept the Virginia Greene Award from Ovarian Cancer Canada:
In 2013, I dove into the fun world of pin-up modelling and won a contest at a local car show, allowing me to work with local companies. Soon, enough agencies from the U.S. were interested in signing me. that there are far too many women who shy away due to the physical changes they experience during treatment — and even throughout life. Confidence is the most beautiful thing in the world, and I wanted to show that it can still be yours through cancer. the same light as such a strong and passionate woman such as Virginia. When I met with Virginia’s daughter, Justine, I felt the fire and compassion she had for helping bring this disease to the forefront. I hope I make the women who currently live with this disease, and the families who have lost loved ones, proud. Being given this award says I am going in the right direction.