This week, we’re heading to Las Vegas to meet our next Baddie, Frances Malinis (@faith_over_cancer).

🩷💚🩵 Frances is a Filipina mom, patient advocate, HR manager, world traveler, foodie, self-proclaimed introvert and, thanks to one very unexpected turn in her cancer story, a New York Fashion Week model. Because apparently cancer wasn’t already doing the absolute most. 😂 Frances was first diagnosed with Stage 1B triple-negative breast cancer at 39. At 42, she learned her cancer had returned as Stage IV metastatic TNBC. She is also BRCA2+. But if you ask Frances what being a Baddie means, she’ll tell you it’s refusing to let cancer have the final say in who she is. This week, we’re getting to know the woman behind the diagnosis, from the kids who bring her the greatest joy to the advocacy work that has pushed this introvert to find her voice. Say hey to Frances and follow along for her #BehindTheBaddie takeover. 💕