Éléonore Laloux never asked permission to exist in spaces that were not designed for her.
In March 2020, she became a municipal councilor in Arras, in northern France, under Mayor Frédéric Leturque’s administration. She was the first person with Down syndrome elected to public office in the country. Three years later, on July 1, 2023, she made history again: she got married, becoming the first elected official with this condition to take that step. That same year, Mattel chose her as the ambassador for its first doll with Down syndrome, putting her face in the hands of thousands of girls.
In March 2026, the residents of Arras reelected her to the council. It was not a tribute or a symbolic gesture: it was confirmation that her work mattered and that people wanted her to continue. She built each of those titles—councilor, wife, ambassador—herself, vote by vote, decision by decision.