Kate Elizabeth Sutton, from Andover, Hampshire, is an English writer, activist, television presenter, and model. Piper went on to pursue a modelling career, appearing in a variety of fashion, glamour, and advertising photoshoots, as well as modelling for major newspapers.
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She also started working as a promotional model, which entailed appearing and performing publicity duties at live events such as working as a ring-card girl during martial arts matches.
Piper’s ex-boyfriend and an accomplice assaulted her with acid in March 2008, causing serious damage to her face and blindness in one eye. Piper had groundbreaking surgery to restore her face and vision. Both attackers were convicted and sentenced to life in prison. One of the attackers was released in 2018 after serving nine years in prison.
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Katie has undergone numerous plastic surgery procedures, including skin grafts to remould the skin around her eyes.
She was also required to wear a mask for 23 hours a day to expand her scar tissue.
However, her sight has been restored owing to specialists at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, West Sussex, who utilised corneal tissue from an unidentified male donor.
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