Beautiful photos of a double amputee model

Beautiful photos of a double amputee model

Stacy Price, 30  a double amputee model who lost her two legs to flesh eating bugs has proved that nothing is impossible.

The  model who is from Allan Stirlingshire, Scotland and also a student of  Glasgow University has started a campaign 'Models of Diversity' which is  dedicated to changing the employment laws in order to give disabled  models more rights. 

 The Models of Diversity is aimed at at  making sure all modelling agencies represent one disabled model for  every five able bodied model signed. 

 "According  to the latest figures, one in six people in Britain has a disability  but where are all the disabled models? When I was starting out, I had  no-one to look up to." Stacy reveals.

Narrating  how she lost both legs, she said it was Seven years ago, while on  holiday at South of France, her leg suddenly started paining her and  with time the pain got worse 

"It just got worse and worse, so I  had to give in and go to hospital. They thought it was some kind of  infection but they did lots of tests and X-rays and they discovered the  bones in my foot had been almost completely destroyed. Nobody could  explain it - there was no wound, I hadn't injured myself. It just came  out of the blue. When she got home she was diagnosed with necrotising  fasciitis - a rare infection of the deeper layers of skin which destroys  the tissue. I also had a bone-eating bug, so it was a double whammy. I  was in intensive care for six days and nearly died. Over the next few  years, Stacy was in and out of hospital as the disease attacked her feet  and legs. 

Stacy added: 'I had bits and pieces amputated along the way -  a toe here, a toe there.' Eventually, I had to have the whole leg below  the knee taken off. When it started in the other leg, I knew I didn't  want to wait as long for the amputation."

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This post first appeared on Linda Ikeji's Blog. Read the original story here.

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