10-year-old Calgary model to walk in New York and Paris fashion shows

Marigold Mioc, a10-year-old girl from Calgary, is about to experience every model's dream after beingselected to modelat the New York and Parisfashion weeks next month.

"I'm just so excited for the opportunity because I feel like this is the top of modelling," said the Grade 5 student."I feel like it can't get any better than this."

Miocsays she's been modelling since she was threebutstarted walking catwalks only a year ago.

"I'm practising a lot. I'm walking in the kitchen like I would haveto walk inthe studio," she said.

When she isn't strutting at shows, or attending school, Miocsays she makesflower and unicorn headbands,sells them at local markets and then donates the profits.

Mioc says she got more involvedin charity work after the2015 Paris attackthat killed 130 people prevented a planned trip to France.

"My mom taught me about the war and the attacks and Syrian refugee crisis and everything that was going on, sothen I decided to use my money to sponsor a (Syrian) family as a private group of five," she said

The young model has also worked with the Alberta government on education policy and is considered a HundrED Youth Ambassador a not-for-profit program that inspiresinnovations in K-12 education.

With files from the Calgary Eyeopener.