The Detroit native, who won season four of America’s Next Top Model, played host to the second-annual Walk Fashion Show in Lansing, held at Best Western Plus Lansing Hotel.

Belleville, Mich., resident Daishawn Franklin started the show in 2009 in an effort to give local aspiring models and designers the chance to shine. It since has been held in iconic locations across the state, including the Detroit Opera House.

Although hosted biannually in Detroit, Franklin decided to start hosting the show in Lansing last year.

“We just wanted to provide a platform for local talent to be showcased across the world,” Franklin said. “You don’t have to go to New York to see a fashion show. It’s right here, right now, and that’s what Walk is all about.”

Rather than keeping it avant garde, the show featured ready-to-wear fashions from dozens of Michigan clothing and accessory designers. Although many designers hailed from Metro Detroit, My Sistas Boutique, 113 Washington Square Street, in Lansing, made the cut as well.

After travelling around the world, Mora said she appreciates the chance to touch base back in Michigan.

“It’s so great for me to be able to come back to Michigan … and really take part and have the chance to support local talent,” Mora said. “Becoming an international face for Covergirl Cosmetics was the last thing that I thought I was gonna be able to do with my life, but it starts with a simple dream.”

Walk Fashion Show also aimed to stray from the status quo of the fashion industry and included models of all ages, shapes and sizes. Clarkston, Mich., resident Mallory Rose, who was a model in the show, said it was the perfect opportunity for empowerment.

“There’s plus-size models, there’s girls with a little curve, there’s really skinny girls,” Rose said. “Everyone gets a chance to be beautiful in this show.”

Ultimately, Rose said she took the show as an opportunity to create a positive image for children to be inspired by.

“Someday I hope to be a role model to little girls,” she said. “I hope they say: ‘She doesn’t look like everyone else and she did it, so why can’t I?’”