Beyonce employs model with muscular dystrophy

Meet Jillian Mercado, a model and blogger who is one of the faces of Beyonce's online clothing store. The singer has just launched her new range, which mostly features lyrics from her track Formation.

Posting to Instagram, Mercado said: "So BEYond excited to finally announce that I’m on the official @beyonce website!!!"

Mercado has been in a whirlwind ever since the pictures appeared on Beyonce's website, posting the below on twitter...

Speaking via Vogue, the 28-year-old - who's worked in the fashion industry for some time - said she was nervous as the prospect of setting up her blog: "At first I was very hesitant,” she told Vogue in August. “I wasn’t sure about showing everyone my world because I didn’t know if there would be an audience. We’ve been brainwashed [as a society] not to care about someone who has a disability, or their world... I was shocked that I didn’t see anyone in the industry who was like me. So when people - girls especially - tell me that I’m their role model, I am taken aback. I love it and it is flattering but it affects me on a very personal level because I remember growing up without having a person I could look to."