Philippines. 02nd Apr, 2015. Young designer Amiel Avena (blue top) will make the gown of progeria sufferer Rochelle Pondare on her 18th birthday. Kids with progeria has life span of 13-15 years old only, but due to new medicines discovered to prolong the lives of kids with this rare ageing abnormality, Pondare will reached eighteen next month and was able to celebrate her debut party. It's first time in the Philipppines that a progeria sufferer can celebrate her womanhood. © Sherbien Dacalanio/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News

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