Meet the adorable Valentina Guerrero , she isn’t the first down syndrome child model there have been others, but she is the first to actually land a modeling gig with  a  noteworthy fashion designer. As the face of DC Kids, Cortés’s children’s swimwear line, 10-month-old Valentina made her runway debut July 20 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 in Miami. The crowd went nuts!” her mom Cecilia Elizalde, a Miami-based TV host, tells PEOPLE of the response to Valentina, who was carried out by Cortés at the end of the show. Though Valentina isn’t the first child with Down syndrome to model — others have been in ads for Target, Nordstrom and Toys”R”Us — with her new campaign, she’s one of the most high-profile. “We’re definitely seeing a rise [in models with special needs],” says agent Fabiola Osorio, whose agency FFT represents another child model with Down’s. These days it’s become more “important to companies to show different faces,” she adds of efforts within the retail and fashion industries to promote more diversity in their ad spaces. That Valentina’s helping lead the way with that couldn’t make her parents any prouder. “Life is so amazing with her,” says Elizalde. I love it…. No discriminating…….