1. Katie Piper underwent pioneering surgery to restore her face and vision.
39 Facts About Katie Piper
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In 2009, Katie Piper gave up her right to anonymity in order to increase awareness about burn victims.
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Katie Piper's experience was documented in the 2009 Channel 4 documentary Katie: My Beautiful Face part of the Cutting Edge series.
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Katie Piper later appeared in multiple follow-up series for Channel 4, released a best-selling autobiography, and had a regular column in weekly magazines.
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Katie Piper was born in Andover, Hampshire, to David and Diane Katie Piper and attended Harrow Way School and Portway Junior School as a child.
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Katie Piper has an elder brother, Paul, and a younger sister, Suzy.
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Katie Piper subsequently began a career in modelling, taking part in various fashion, glamour and promotional photoshoots, including modelling for national newspapers.
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Katie Piper began work as a promotional model: appearing and carrying out publicity duties at live events, such as working as a ring-card girl at martial arts fixtures.
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Katie Piper conducted a career as a digital television presenter, working principally on web-TV shows and features, and on small digital television channels, primarily in the shopping and live-chat fields.
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Katie Piper was treated for her wounds at Royal Free Hospital, but withheld the nature of the incident from the doctors and police, because she was afraid of Lynch.
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On 31 March 2008, two days after the initial attack, Lynch persuaded Katie Piper to go to an internet cafe to read an email he had sent to her Facebook account.
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Katie Piper had a previous conviction for pouring boiling water over a man.
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Immediately after the attack, Katie Piper ran into a local cafe, where an ambulance was called.
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Katie Piper was treated in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where her treatment was led by plastic surgeon Mohammad Ali Jawad.
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The acid, some of which Katie Piper had swallowed, blinded her in her left eye, and caused partial thickness and full thickness burns.
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Katie Piper has been through numerous surgical operations to treat her injuries, and wore a plastic face mask for 23 hours a day, which flattened the scars and helped retain moisture.
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Subsequent to the attack, Katie Piper moved out of her London flat and returned to Hampshire to live with her parents and younger sister Suzy.
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On 25 December 2009, Katie Piper read the Alternative Christmas Message on Channel 4.
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Katie Piper featured in one of the two Alternative Christmas Messages in 2011 with the theme "Just Be Yourself".
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Katie: The Science of Seeing Again saw Piper look into the biology of the eye, visit the US to look into the religious and moral debate around the use of embryos in stem-cell research, and monitored her as she underwent the treatment.
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Katie Piper has appeared on a number of television and radio programmes to talk about her experience; the Australian series 60 Minutes featured Katie Piper in November 2009.
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Katie Piper has appeared as a guest on a number of British magazine and news programmes including Live From Studio Five, Woman's Hour, BBC Breakfast and This Morning.
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In October 2012, Katie Piper participated in a new week-long series for Channel 4.
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Katie Piper's episode aired on 14 April 2013 as the fourth of five transmitted; it featured a project in which prisoners were prepared for re-entry into the workplace by undertaking working placements in furniture manufacture.
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In summer 2013, Katie Piper worked alongside Gok Wan as a regular participant in a new live fashion series on Channel 4.
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Katie Piper appeared as a box-opener in Gok Wan's edition of Celebrity Deal or No Deal in 2013.
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In 2018, Katie Piper became a brand ambassador for Swarovski, alongside celebrity chef Nadiya Hussain and CoppaFeel founder, Kris Hallenga.
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On 13 August 2018, Katie Piper was announced on BBC Breakfast as the first contestant in that year's Strictly Come Dancing.
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Katie Piper was partnered with professional dancer Gorka Marquez and was the third contestant to be eliminated.
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Katie Piper became a feature presenter on Songs of Praise in September 2020.
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Katie Piper's autobiography, called Beautiful, was published in paperback by Ebury Press on 17 February 2011.
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Katie Piper released her next book Confidence: the Secret in late 2016.
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Katie Piper wrote a regular column in Reveal magazine between April 2011 and July 2012.
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Katie Piper has written occasional one-off 'guest columns' for newspapers including the Sunday Mirror and its stablemate, the Sunday People.
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Katie Piper won the "Women to Watch: Inspiration" award at Red magazine's "Red's Hot Women Awards" in 2010.
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In February 2011, Katie: My Beautiful Face won the "Best Documentary Programme" award at the Broadcast Awards; Piper attended to collect the prize alongside the film-makers.
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Katie Piper was awarded the "You Can" Award at the Sainsbury's Women of the Year Awards 2011.
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In 2014, Katie Piper became an Honorary Doctor of Health Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University.
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Katie Piper was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to charity and victims of burns and other disfigurement injuries.