▁ ▁She ▁cons iders ▁herself ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁investig ative ▁journalist . ▁Mc Daniel ▁wrote ▁science - based ▁entries ▁on ▁two ▁blog s , ▁including ▁the ▁now ▁def unct ▁blog ging ▁site ▁Fil thy ▁and ▁the ▁free ▁H uff Post ▁Cont rib utor ▁Platform . ▁Her ▁blog s ▁covered ▁em otion - ch anging ▁par as ites , ▁z omb ie ▁fung us , ▁and ▁black ▁holes . ▁▁▁ ▁H eter och rom ia ▁ ▁Mc Daniel ▁states ▁that ▁her ▁heter och rom ia ▁ir id um ▁appeared ▁a ▁few ▁weeks ▁after ▁she ▁was ▁born , ▁with ▁her ▁right ▁eye ▁brown ▁and ▁her ▁left ▁eye ▁blue . ▁She ▁has ▁stated ▁in ▁inter views ▁that ▁a ▁previous ▁agent ▁and ▁different ▁model ing ▁companies ▁wanted ▁to ▁have ▁her ▁wear ▁colored ▁contacts ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁focus ▁more ▁on ▁the ▁design , ▁and ▁Mc Daniel ▁highlight s ▁social ▁media ▁for ▁her ▁emb rac ing ▁her ▁look . ▁However , ▁Mc Daniel ▁has ▁been ▁accused ▁of ▁f aking ▁the ▁condition ▁and ▁we aring ▁colored ▁contact ▁l enses . ▁Mc Daniel ▁ins ists ▁that ▁she ▁does ▁have ▁heter och rom ia ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁" dev ast ated ▁by ▁the ▁accus ation " ▁and ▁the ▁online ▁ab use ▁she ▁has ▁received . Style C aster ' ', ▁which ▁published ▁an ▁article ▁about ▁Mc Daniel ' s ▁eyes , ▁posted ▁an ▁editor ' s ▁note ▁after ▁receiving ▁" many ▁comments " ▁stating ▁that ▁her ▁claim ▁to ▁have ▁heter och rom ia ▁was ▁false , ▁explaining , ▁" After ▁publishing