Milan's in a very unique position. She's a teenage supermodel hiding the fact that she's hearing impaired. Milan knows what it's like to be discriminated against and teased, and she's reluctant to become the poster child for disabilities at the height of her fame. There are also boys -- a longtime love interest, and a foreign exchange student who swoops into her life in a very big way. She looses her mom and is grieving. Her dad is and has always been distant, and her brother doesn't like her for some reason.
