She was born in Roseville, California, with heterochromia

Sarah McDaniel was 20 when half the internet got stuck staring into her eyes.

She was born in Roseville, California, with heterochromia: each iris a different color. According to media outlets that covered her case, the condition affects about six in every thousand people. Her photos on Facebook and Instagram spread everywhere, and with them came the questions: contact lenses? Photoshop? She answered bluntly that her eyes were 100% natural.

Far from hiding her distinctive feature, she called it a “”””beautiful imperfection”””” and adopted a phrase as her motto: “”””I’m not perfect, I’m real.”””” Photographer Gregorio Campos, who photographed her for Arsenic magazine, summed it up this way: “”””I believe in beautiful imperfections.”””” The LA Models agency offered her a contract, and Sarah, known on Instagram as “”””Krotchy,”””” went from being a passing phenomenon to becoming a model and actress.

What many would have tried to hide ended up being exactly what no one could stop looking at.

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