A beauty pageant contestant, model and aspiring entrepreneur — who happens to be deaf — recently organized a fashion show to offer hearing-impaired people an outlet to express themselves.

Saki Oshiro, 26, who lost her hearing when she was 1, supervised every aspect of the show in Osaka on Dec. 7, from choosing outfits to producing the stage show.

About 50 men and women with hearing impairment became models walking on stage in eye-catching designs.