Sydney Towle Walks Miami Swim Week Runway Days After She Refused Doctor&x27;s Suggestion to Start EndofLife Care for Cancer (Exclusive) Zoey LyttleFri, May 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM UTC 65 Sydney Towle walks the runway at the Chemo Club x Post Swim on May 28, 2026 in Miami.Credit: Thomas Concordia/Getty On May 28, Sydney Towle opened the main stage for Miami Swim Week — The Shows in The Chemo Club x Post Swim runway show The influencer, 26, who is currently in treatment for her rare bile duct cancer, modeled swimwear designed for postcancer bodies alongside three other content creators who are or we...
Sydney Towle Walks Miami Swim Week Runway Days After She Refused Doctor's Suggestion to Start End-of-Life Care for Cancer (Exclusive)
Zoey LyttleFri, May 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM UTC
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Sydney Towle walks the runway at the Chemo Club x Post Swim on May 28, 2026 in Miami.
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On May 28, Sydney Towle opened the main stage for Miami Swim Week — The Shows in The Chemo Club x Post Swim runway show
The influencer, 26, who is currently in treatment for her rare bile duct cancer, modeled swimwear designed for post-cancer bodies alongside three other content creators who are or were in cancer treatment
Towle's appearance at the annual fashion event comes just over one week after an oncologist declined to treat her and suggested she switch to end-of-life care, which she refused
After an intense few weeks in and out of the hospital, Sydney Towle has made it to Miami Swim Week, where she walked in The Chemo Club x Post Swim runway show.
She took the stage on Thursday, May 28, just over a week after she was confronted with a harrowing update from her oncologist. As Towle, 26, explained in a video posted to her TikTok page on May 19, the doctor said he was no longer willing to treat her cholangiocarcinoma, the rare bile duct cancer with which she was initially diagnosed at age 23.
As she noted in the initial video and in a follow-up alongside her mom the next day, the cancer specialist wanted Towle to transition to end-of-life care, despite her being currently between stages of a clinical trial involving tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy.
Sydney Towle in a fitting for the The Chemo Club x Post Swim runway show at Miami Swim Week 2026.
Credit: Courtesy Post Swim
"We are not at the point where we're giving up," said Towle in the video. She added later, "That is not the line of treatment that I am going under at this moment."
The content creator changed oncologists, and after analyzing Towle's scans, the new doctor cleared her for travel. She arrived in Miami earlier this week, and it's all been leading up to her moment opening the main stage for Miami Swim Week — The Shows.
Sydney Towle walks alongside another model during the Chemo Club x Post Swim show in Miami on May 28, 2026.
Credit: Thomas Concordia/Getty
Towle and three other models — all of whom are either currently in active treatment or on the other side — will be modeling pieces from Post Swim, a swimsuit brand designed by a survivor for post-cancer bodies.
Towle tells PEOPLE that she was "so excited" about the opportunity when Post Swim and cancer support network The Chemo Club reached out, since she's personally experienced the same feelings of insecurity that inspired founder Lauren Yerkes to launch the brand.
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"I've struggled a lot with a post-surgical body, especially having this hepatic artery pump placed in my stomach that is very obvious when I'm in a bathing suit," says Towle. "Being able to walk for a swimwear brand that is empowering women to embrace those scars ... is so empowering, and it makes me feel even more proud to be in the body that I am that has carried me through so much."
She's also generally grateful to be in Florida in the first place, especially considering the fact that she was in the hospital until May 22. Towle says it came "down to the wire," but her medical team was ultimately "really encouraging." They urged her to make the trip, and the social media star knew she'd feel better venturing to the sunny Southern state.
Lauren Yerkes, Tori Martinez, Danielle Gabriel and Alexandra O’Brien.
Credit: Courtesy Post Swim
"I've always felt better when I am in the sun or by the water," she says with a smile. She admits she's somewhat nervous to be walking the runway, noting, "I'm used to being in front of my phone camera, but when it comes to bigger audiences ... I'm still working on my confidence for sure."
Luckily, Towle is in great company. In addition to Yerkes, she has the support of Chemo Club founder Alexandra O'Brien and her fellow models. Towle is joined on the runway by Tori Martinez, 23, and content creator Jen Taylor, 40, who are both in active breast cancer treatment, and breast cancer survivor Danielle Gabriel, 30.
They started "hyping each other up" in a group text before they even met, Towle says. It's a testament to the welcoming, affirmative ethos that all four social media stars and the women behind both Post Swim and The Chemo Club have long subscribed to.
"It's always such a special community when it's a community of women who are uplifting each other and supporting each other," Towle tells PEOPLE. "I think that's even more true when it's people who have been through something as difficult as cancer."
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