AOC so loves Lauren Wasser’s beauty, moxie and fighting spirit that we honestly don’t think twice about her bionic legs, replaced in the aftermath of Wasser’s near fatal battle with toxic shock syndrome in 2012.

AOC’s “women with backbone” list is short and Wasser is on it. So is Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani female education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Malala was shot in the head by the Taliban, as she sat on her school bus at age 15.

Returning to Lauren Wasser, she looked fabulous in the 2024 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.

Today Lauren Wasser covers the July 12, 2024 issue of Madame Figaro wearing Miu Miu paired with Tiffany & Co earrings. Véronique Tristram styles the motivational speaker and women’s health activist in relaxed luxury fashions from Balmain, Coperni, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Stella McCartney, The Row and more.

Photographer Matthew Brookes [IG] captures Wasser’s fashion story — an interesting choice in photographers, given his compelling images of celebrity men.