The latest person to prove what she's capable of is 21-year-old Mélanie Ségard, who challenged French TV stations that if she could get 100,000 likes on Facebook, they would let her present the weather live.
"I am different, but I would like to show everyone that I can do plenty of things. I want to prove it by appearing on TV," she said.
Launched on February 26th with help from the charity Unapei, Mélanie's page reached its goal in just 36 hours!
The campaign received a ton of support from social media, too, helping her succeed.
France 2 offered her a segment and even brought her in to train with presenter Chloe Nabedian for four days before going live. Mélanie was able to get comfortable in front of the green screen so she could hit her mark perfectly on the big night.
Her brother, 27-year-old Cyril, went with her to training, telling her, "Imagine you're alone at home doing the weather. Have fun."
The segment beat French rating records as five million people watched Ms. Ségard reported that the north would be cloudy, but the south would have sun.
Yeah, I'd say that deserves a high five!
h/t news.com.au
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