Katie Piper: My Beautiful Face
Katie Piper (born 12th October 1983) is a former model and television presenter from Andover, Hampshire in England.
Piper had hoped to have a full-time career in the media, but in March 2008 in North London, sulfuric acid was thrown at her face by Stefan Sylvestre.
The acid attack, which blinded Piper in one eye, was arranged by Piper's ex-boyfriend, Daniel Lynch. Both Sylvestre and Lynch were arrested and are serving jail time for their crimes.
Piper was treated in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where the surgeons removed all the skin from her face, before rebuilding it with a skin substitute and then a skin graft. The procedure was the first of its kind to be completed in a single operation.
In 2009, Piper chose to give up her anonymity to try and increase awareness about burn victims. The Channel 4 documentary, Katie: My Beautiful Face, was aired on 29 October 2009 as part of the Cutting Edge series, and repeated on Christmas Day 2009.
When will these White girls ever lean to keep away from "them."
I was recently hospitalized with pneumonia in Puerto Rico and had, as a roomie, a young woman, hospitalized for asthma attacks. She also had been thrown acid on her face also by a former boyfriend a while back and her face was absolutely awfully scarred and her mouth to one side of her face. She was very very helpful to me while I was almost inmobile. Unfortunately Puerto Rican women are not yet fully aware of rights and "machismo" takes over in society as well as the courts. This young woman was resigned to her plight. A great deal of help is needed on this island, property of the USA. We females are being abused in all areas.
Very sad. I have seen this acid attack behavior from the middle east and it seems to be another way of demonstrating that Islam treats females like property.
I have just come back from holiday where i found myself engrossed in this book could not put it down until i read it . you are a brave young lady. a better person than them two will ever be .
good luck for your wonderful future you have ahead of you Katie xxx.
I'm so impressed with her strength! when she talks about how the relationship progressed, my heart just breaks. No one should ever have to go through that! And then to get attacked again? I just hope she's getting well and is starting to become more comfortable in her new skin. Anyone that sees this or knows how those scars got there will still see her beauty and strength. Good for her for proving that this guy couldn't destroy her!
Bravo sweetheart, bravo!
What a truly inspirational lady! An extremely awful tragedy to experience but, like the aftergrowth in a forrest that's been burnt, just read about and look at the true "beauty" that now is- Katie Piper.
I have read many autobiographies/biographies, but Katie Piper's- "Beautiful" is an unbelievably mesmerising account of how an attractive young woman is viciously and spitefully raped then burnt with sulphuric acid, by her deceptive, cruel and manipulative new boyfriend.
The torture that Katie experienced stripped her of her beauty, her love of life and and her soul. The physical and psychological pain Katie has endured throughout her attack, countless surgeries and treatment and, her long recovery- is unnervingly horrific. Furthermore, to see what Katie looks like today and the person she has become- stunningly beautiful, vivacious, driven, and successful.
TOTAL AND COMPLETE TRIUMPH OVER SUCH DEVASTATING ADVERSITY!!!
Respect, Admiration and Love to you Katie.
Belinda- xx
What a sad story. I can't believe how well the attack got documented by the surveillance cam. Those bastards got off easy!! They destroyed a life of a whole family. Sometimes I hate modern times. Back in the middle ages these types of psychopaths would get tortured by other men from the village, given a sulfuric acid bath, and subsequently publicly executed. Katie is awesome.. Nothing but love and respect.
Heart renching documentary on katies life after the attack I have so much respect for katie and her family I wish her all the best in the future & justice was prevaled.
I am that girl 30 years later. The circumstances were different, but the results the same and worse. Katie you have a long road ahead but I can tell you that you will go on a journey that the 99% will never experience! It is only my steadfast belief and knowledge of Jesus as creator that carried me through. May He hold, protect and teach you! And may all you meet assist Him to that end!
tell that man he should wait for his own acid attack anytime , be it in jail or out , he should wait , poetic justice is around the corne. women who got attack by acid should do everything in their power to do the same thing back to them, that way he can serve as exemple to others, if you get rape hire some one to drug him , tied him with his a** up, then with the biggest strap on , f*** the hell out of him too !! stop being the victim and start action . dont worry we will get him girl, money can do a lot ,even in jail !!!
im sorry but i feel that since this started over him thinking that she was rejecting him sexually, his punishment should have been getting acid poured on his penis, and she should have the option of being the one to do it to him or not. and we would not have ever worry about him and his penis being rejected, and him throwing acid again. WTF???????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!! who does some thing like this over sex, jack off, get some where else. STUPID............ ASS.........................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, I don't know how I would live if I was in her shoes. She is brave.
@ Prix
Life was very good to Katie until this happened. She didn't see it coming because it was out of the range of her experience. Had she grown up in an environment of violence and abuse she may have handled it better and not been as victimized as she was. Not everyone grows up under the conditions that you did and learns the survival skills that you claim to have acquired at an early age. Her looks were a special gift just like the special gift of being a musician, athlete, or scholar. To lose that gift, or any special gift, through such an act of malice is upsetting and would be to any normal person. For some one to have gone through a violent childhood and not feel pity for someone else who went through abuse, even if under different circumstances, suggests to me that you may have issues that requires professional help.
"PRIX"(pricK) is a good name for you man...you are one.
If someone did something like that to my wife or sister, I would rent all Saw movies, get the guy in a closed room and enact every scene. This guy deserves to be Big Al, the Cattle Rapist' bitch in prison.
I would personally end the life of the attackers. Not for retribution, though I certainly feel rage coursing through my veins, but for the simple fact that they can do nothing good for humans and only detract from the quality of life.
I am lost 4 words after watching that documentary. Katie is still a beautiful girl after everything that has happened to her. Them 2 men are discusting and deserve to be killed! No matter how many years they serve, they do not deserve to walk around on there 2 feet. I hope one day katie builds her confidence up and has everything she inspires in life.
What is the deal with the life sentencing in britain, because over here in the bestcountryintheworld-USA a federal life sentence is 99 years, with Parole(Early Release) eligibility determined at sentencing, and even then isnt a guaranteed release, the parole board could let you serve out til death.
So why give a life sentence if these guys are without a doubt getting out on the sunny side of 2 decades?
@Prix I agree with most everything you said, and understand your perspective on all of it, but I cant help feel like either A) People shouldn't have sympathy for victims (or at least the ones that walk into traps and are simply disfigured) or B) you want the sympathy spread around more, and they should have included you in the movie.
sorry if i'm not making friends.
wow, explicit. The documentary covered a very raw glimpse of her life, going through the surgeries, the nightmares, her first attempts at going intothe public, therapy, and the conclusion of the trials on Danny and her attacker. She's aware she was selfish and arrogant, and is still in the process of realizing her life has changed.
It's as if she's going through the stages of grief, mourning her face.
I wouldn't call her strong, except that she hasn't offed herself,as its possible I would. But this is the making of a very strong, wise person.
she's still a very beautiful woman, just not in the way she's used to. I'm deeply sympathetic. Love and Respect, Katie.
You are still beautiful young lady inside and out
She is an amazing person. What a Lovely Family she has, May they continue to keep her strong and well.
But Daymn! Sulfuric Acid??!!, I wish it was just Water or Iced Tea or Strawberry Milkshake or something!
Tc.
@Charles B.
Hello there sir! It's been a long time. Hmm I don't feel sorry for her. I can't even convince myself for feeling sorry for her. I know it's a harsh thing to say. I'm not trying to get a shock value out of my comment or anything. Just writing how I really feel about this documentary and her.
@Maria
No, I haven't gone through the same things as her. I can't really say anything without going into details. Except the acid, i've gone through a lot of other stuff when i was under 10. And my face has gone through quite a lot of sh*t as well. But I wouldn't consider my face disfigured. The childhood i've been through required me to make good decisions otherwise I could've ended up dead.
Everyone seems to be asking what type of guy does this? It's a stalker who is obsessed with your career without knowing you and has a pre-existing fantasy of who he wants you to be. Then when you fail to live up to his imagination of you goes off the rails. classic advise applies: pick someone who loves you for you, tends not to happen by the second date....
She's still beautiful....