Katie Piper
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Katie Piper is a former model and television presenter from Andover, Hampshire
in England, UK. Piper had hoped to have a full-time career in the media, but in March 2008 she was the victim of an acid attack in which sulphuric acid was thrown at her face. The attack, which blinded Piper in one eye, was arranged by Piper's ex-boyfriend, Daniel Lynch, and carried out by an accomplice, Stefan Sylvestre. Lynch and Sylvestre were arrested and are serving prison sentences for their crimes.
The attack took place in North London and 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 and attempt to increase awareness about burn victims. The Channel 4
documentary Katie: My Beautiful Face was first aired on 29 October 2009 as part of the Cutting Edge
series; it has subsequently been repeated on several occasions, made available for online on-demand access, and sold internationally.
More recently, Piper has appeared in a follow-up series for Channel 4, released a best-selling autobiography, and begun a regular column in weekly magazine Reveal; however, she primarily works for her charitable organisation the Katie Piper Foundation.
, and attended Harrow Way School and Portway Junior school as a child.
After leaving school, Piper trained as a beautician
, aiming to build on her fondness for fashion and beauty, and to follow in the footsteps of her father, who worked as a barber.
Piper also entered competitive beauty pageants and contests; she was the 2nd runner-up in the Miss Winchester 2006 beauty pageant, and took part in Maxim magazine's Little Black Book contest in 2006.
Piper also 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. It was through her work as a ring-girl that Piper became known within the MMA
community.
Piper also 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. As her career began to develop, Piper moved away from her family home in Hampshire, and began to live with friends in a flat in the Golders Green
area of North London
.
, where Piper had been working, and initially Piper was pleased with the relationship.
Two weeks into their relationship, the couple booked into a hotel in Bayswater
, following a meal out. In the hotel room, Lynch raped and beat Piper, and threatened to cut her with a razor and hang her before stabbing her several times in the arms. After eight hours at the hotel, they drove back to Piper's Golders Green
flat. 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.
Piper received numerous phone calls and apologies from Lynch. Two days after the attack, Lynch persuaded Piper to go to an internet cafe
to read an email he had sent to her Facebook account. Lynch gave her details to Stefan Sylvestre, who identified her on Golders Green Road. Sylvestre approached Piper, who thought he was going to ask for money, and then threw sulphuric acid at her face. The attack was caught on CCTV, and both Lynch and Sylvestre were later arrested. Lynch received two life sentences, and will serve a minimum of 16 years. Sylvestre received a life sentence, and will serve a minimum of 12 years. As a pre-trial inmate Lynch was held in the Pentonville Prison.
, where her pioneering and revolutionary treatment was led by Dr. Mohammad Ali Jawad. The acid, some of which Piper had swallowed, blinded her in her left eye, and caused partial thickness and full thickness burns. The surgeons completely removed the skin of Piper's face, and replaced it with a skin substitute, Matriderm, to build the foundations for a skin graft. This procedure was the first of its kind to be done in a single operation. Piper was put into an induced coma
for 12 days, during which her weight dropped to . She has been through a total of 40 surgical operations to treat her injuries, and wears a plastic face mask for 23 hours a day, which flattens the scar and helps retain moisture. As part of her care from the National Health Service
, Piper was treated at a clinic in southern France. The treatment she received there was designed to break down scar tissue, and prevent skin contraction.
Following the acid attack, Katie Piper moved out of her London flat and returned to Hampshire to live with her parents and younger sister Susy. Her mother, Diane Piper, who was a classroom assistant in a primary school, gave up her job so she could look after her daughter following the attack. Her father, David Piper, is a businessman.
(in early November and late December, each a few days after a C4 screening). There was further More4 screening on 13 February 2011 ahead of the release of Piper's book and follow-up series. The film was broadcast to viewers in Wales on the now-defunct analogue service of S4C
on 15 November 2009 at midnight: digital viewers in Wales had access to the Channel 4 and More4 broadcasts.
The documentary has been made available for global sale by Mentorn International and has been picked up for broadcast in a number of territories. The film has also been made available to UK viewers on an on-demand basis over Channel 4's online 4oD
platform and the 4oD channel on YouTube UK's TV Shows section.
2009' on Channel 4. The message was about Piper's own experiences, family, and not judging people by their appearance. The Message was produced by Mentorn Media
, the firm which also produced "Katie: My Beautiful Face".
's news-magazine television series 20/20 featured Katie Piper as its primary subject. The programme consisted of a new interview with Piper, conducted by Elizabeth Vargas
, and footage of Piper at home, including material which had appeared in "Katie: My Beautiful Face".
-hosted television-led debate The TV Show to discuss the reaction to the original documentary.
Piper has also 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
. Outside the UK, Piper has appeared on broadcasters including CNN
.
On 28 April 2010, she spoke (in a non-party political manner) at a Labour Party election press conference, where she described how CCTV cameras had been instrumental in convicting her attackers. Piper also attended the Glam in the City event, which took place in Glasgow in June 2010.
Katie Piper appeared on The Michael Ball Show
on 6 September 2010, and Lorraine
on 7 October 2010. On 3 November she appeared in a Norwegian talk show called Trude.
Around the time of the broadcast of Katie: My Beautiful Friends, Piper appeared on a number of magazine and features programmes to discuss the series, in some cases accompanied by one of the ambassadors; these appearances included This Morning
(with Adele), The Vanessa Show
(with Amit), Fern
(with Kayleigh), OK! TV
and Loose Women
(Piper alone). Piper also appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live
with Chantelle as guests of Phil Williams (sitting in for Victoria Derbyshire
), but prior to their going on air Chantelle was insult
ed by a security guard at the studios, an incident which was subsequently referred to by Williams on-air during the interview.
Piper began a regular column in Reveal magazine in April 2011.
, but did not win – the trophy was awarded to BBC One's Wounded.
The previous month, director Jessie Versluys had won the Breakthrough Talent prize at the 2010 Craft BAFTA ceremony, for her credits including Katie: My Beautiful Face and The Hospital.
Katie Piper attended both BAFTA ceremonies, accompanying Versluys to the Craft event.
Katie Piper was named winner of the 'Courage Award' at the Pride of Andover Awards (supported by
Andover Sound
) in October 2010; then, on 6 October Piper was announced as winner of the publicly voted 'Most Inspirational' prize at the Inspiration Awards for Women.
Piper also won the "Women to Watch: Inspiration" award at Red magazine's "Red's Hot Women Awards" in 2010.
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.
Piper was awarded the Sainsbury's Women of the Year "You Can" Award at the Women of the Year Awards 2011, held in October 2011.
over two weeks in late January/early February 2011
in the Mail on Sunday
newspaper.
on the OWN from 16 August 2011.
is a patron of the foundation, along with her surgeon Dr. Mohammad Ali Jawad.
Andover, Hampshire
Andover is a town in the English county of Hampshire. The town is on the River Anton some 18.5 miles west of the town of Basingstoke, 18.5 miles north-west of the city of Winchester and 25 miles north of the city of Southampton...
in England, UK. Piper had hoped to have a full-time career in the media, but in March 2008 she was the victim of an acid attack in which sulphuric acid was thrown at her face. The attack, which blinded Piper in one eye, was arranged by Piper's ex-boyfriend, Daniel Lynch, and carried out by an accomplice, Stefan Sylvestre. Lynch and Sylvestre were arrested and are serving prison sentences for their crimes.
The attack took place in North London and Piper was treated in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is a public hospital located on Fulham Road, in the Chelsea area of London, England. It is managed by the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and opened in May 1993.-History:...
, where the surgeons removed all the skin from her face before rebuilding it with a skin substitute and then a skin graft
Skin grafting
Skin grafting is a type of graft surgery involving the transplantation of skin. The transplanted tissue is called a skin graft.Skin grafting is often used to treat:*Extensive wounding or trauma*Burns...
. The procedure was the first of its kind to be completed in a single operation.
In 2009, Piper chose to give up her anonymity and attempt to increase awareness about burn victims. The Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
documentary Katie: My Beautiful Face was first aired on 29 October 2009 as part of the Cutting Edge
Cutting Edge (Channel 4 TV series)
Cutting Edge is a British TV documentary series broadcast by Channel 4, it has been its flagship documentary series since 1990 that focuses on political and social issues.-Graham Taylor: The Impossible Job:Original airdate: 24 January 1994...
series; it has subsequently been repeated on several occasions, made available for online on-demand access, and sold internationally.
More recently, Piper has appeared in a follow-up series for Channel 4, released a best-selling autobiography, and begun a regular column in weekly magazine Reveal; however, she primarily works for her charitable organisation the Katie Piper Foundation.
Early life
Katie Piper was born in Andover, HampshireAndover, Hampshire
Andover is a town in the English county of Hampshire. The town is on the River Anton some 18.5 miles west of the town of Basingstoke, 18.5 miles north-west of the city of Winchester and 25 miles north of the city of Southampton...
, and attended Harrow Way School and Portway Junior school as a child.
After leaving school, Piper trained as a beautician
Cosmetology
Cosmetology is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty including hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/pedicures, and electrology....
, aiming to build on her fondness for fashion and beauty, and to follow in the footsteps of her father, who worked as a barber.
Modelling and media career prior to attack
Piper subsequently began a career in modelling; she took part in various fashion, glamour and promotional photoshoots during her career, including modelling for national newspapers.Piper also entered competitive beauty pageants and contests; she was the 2nd runner-up in the Miss Winchester 2006 beauty pageant, and took part in Maxim magazine's Little Black Book contest in 2006.
Piper also began work as a promotional model
Promotional model
A promotional model is a person hired to drive consumer demand for a product, service, brand, or concept by directly interacting with potential consumers. A promotional model can be female or male, and typically is intended to be attractive in physical appearance. They serve to provide information...
– appearing and carrying out publicity duties at live events, such as working as a ring-card girl at martial arts fixtures. It was through her work as a ring-girl that Piper became known within the MMA
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
community.
Piper also 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. As her career began to develop, Piper moved away from her family home in Hampshire, and began to live with friends in a flat in the Golders Green
Golders Green
Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England. Although having some earlier history, it is essentially a 19th century suburban development situated about 5.3 miles north west of Charing Cross and centred on the crossroads of Golders Green Road and Finchley Road.In the...
area of North London
North London
North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
.
Assault and acid attack
Daniel Lynch, a martial arts enthusiast who had been tracking Piper's media and modelling career, met her through the online social site Facebook. Unknown to her, Lynch had previously been jailed for throwing boiling water into a man's face. The two first physically met each other in Reading, BerkshireReading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
, where Piper had been working, and initially Piper was pleased with the relationship.
Two weeks into their relationship, the couple booked into a hotel in Bayswater
Bayswater
Bayswater is an area of west London in the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to the west . It is a built-up district located 3 miles west-north-west of Charing Cross, bordering the north of Hyde Park over Kensington Gardens and having a population density of...
, following a meal out. In the hotel room, Lynch raped and beat Piper, and threatened to cut her with a razor and hang her before stabbing her several times in the arms. After eight hours at the hotel, they drove back to Piper's Golders Green
Golders Green
Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England. Although having some earlier history, it is essentially a 19th century suburban development situated about 5.3 miles north west of Charing Cross and centred on the crossroads of Golders Green Road and Finchley Road.In the...
flat. Piper was treated for her wounds at Royal Free Hospital
Royal Free Hospital
The Royal Free Hospital is a major teaching hospital in Hampstead, London, England and part of the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust....
, but withheld the nature of the incident from the doctors and police, because she was afraid of Lynch.
Piper received numerous phone calls and apologies from Lynch. Two days after the attack, Lynch persuaded Piper to go to an internet cafe
Internet cafe
An Internet café or cybercafé is a place which provides internet access to the public, usually for a fee. These businesses usually provide snacks and drinks, hence the café in the name...
to read an email he had sent to her Facebook account. Lynch gave her details to Stefan Sylvestre, who identified her on Golders Green Road. Sylvestre approached Piper, who thought he was going to ask for money, and then threw sulphuric acid at her face. The attack was caught on CCTV, and both Lynch and Sylvestre were later arrested. Lynch received two life sentences, and will serve a minimum of 16 years. Sylvestre received a life sentence, and will serve a minimum of 12 years. As a pre-trial inmate Lynch was held in the Pentonville Prison.
Post-attack: medical treatment and recovery
Following the attack, Piper ran into a local café, where an ambulance was called for. Crews had to wait an hour before being able to treat Piper, because of the risk presented by the acid, which was still unidentified at that point, and Sylvestre, who could still have been nearby. Piper was treated in Chelsea and Westminster HospitalChelsea and Westminster Hospital
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is a public hospital located on Fulham Road, in the Chelsea area of London, England. It is managed by the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and opened in May 1993.-History:...
, where her pioneering and revolutionary treatment was led by Dr. Mohammad Ali Jawad. The acid, some of which Piper had swallowed, blinded her in her left eye, and caused partial thickness and full thickness burns. The surgeons completely removed the skin of Piper's face, and replaced it with a skin substitute, Matriderm, to build the foundations for a skin graft. This procedure was the first of its kind to be done in a single operation. Piper was put into an induced coma
Induced coma
A barbiturate-induced coma, or barb coma, is a temporary coma brought on by a controlled dose of a barbiturate drug, usually pentobarbital or thiopental...
for 12 days, during which her weight dropped to . She has been through a total of 40 surgical operations to treat her injuries, and wears a plastic face mask for 23 hours a day, which flattens the scar and helps retain moisture. As part of her care from the National Health Service
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
, Piper was treated at a clinic in southern France. The treatment she received there was designed to break down scar tissue, and prevent skin contraction.
Following the acid attack, Katie Piper moved out of her London flat and returned to Hampshire to live with her parents and younger sister Susy. Her mother, Diane Piper, who was a classroom assistant in a primary school, gave up her job so she could look after her daughter following the attack. Her father, David Piper, is a businessman.
Katie: My Beautiful Face
Although Piper had the right to remain anonymous because of the sexual assault, she chose to waive her anonymity, in an attempt to increase public awareness of the situation for burn victims, and also the treatment they go through. Piper also took part in a documentary about her experience, Katie: My Beautiful Face, which was aired by Channel 4 on 29 October 2009, and, according to figures from Attentional, gained over 3.3 million viewers. The programme was repeated three times during 2009: once on Christmas Day 2009 on Channel 4 (to tie in with Piper giving the Alternative Christmas Message) and twice on More4More4
More4 is a digital television channel, run by British broadcaster Channel 4, that launched on 10 October 2005. It is carried on Freeview, on satellite broadcasters Freesat and Sky, UK IPTV broadcaster TalkTalk TV and on UK cable network Virgin Media and in the Republic of Ireland cable networks...
(in early November and late December, each a few days after a C4 screening). There was further More4 screening on 13 February 2011 ahead of the release of Piper's book and follow-up series. The film was broadcast to viewers in Wales on the now-defunct analogue service of S4C
S4C
S4C , currently branded as S4/C, is a Welsh television channel broadcast from the capital, Cardiff. The first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience, it is the fifth oldest British television channel .The channel - initially broadcast on...
on 15 November 2009 at midnight: digital viewers in Wales had access to the Channel 4 and More4 broadcasts.
The documentary has been made available for global sale by Mentorn International and has been picked up for broadcast in a number of territories. The film has also been made available to UK viewers on an on-demand basis over Channel 4's online 4oD
4oD
4oD is a video on demand service from Channel 4. Launched in November 2006, 4oD stands for "4 on Demand". The service offers a variety of programmes recently shown on Channel 4, E4, More4 or from their archives...
platform and the 4oD channel on YouTube UK's TV Shows section.
Alternative Christmas Message 2009
On 25 December 2009, Katie Piper read out the 'Alternative Christmas MessageAlternative Christmas message
The Alternative Christmas message is a message broadcast by Channel 4 since 1993, lampooning the Royal Christmas Message of Queen Elizabeth II.-Background:...
2009' on Channel 4. The message was about Piper's own experiences, family, and not judging people by their appearance. The Message was produced by Mentorn Media
Tinopolis
Tinopolis plc is a Welsh independent television production company, owned by its senior management and private equity company Vitruvian Partners.Tinopolis produces over 2,500 hours of television annually for more than 200 UK and foreign broadcasters....
, the firm which also produced "Katie: My Beautiful Face".
20/20
On 8 January 2010, the ABC (US)American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's news-magazine television series 20/20 featured Katie Piper as its primary subject. The programme consisted of a new interview with Piper, conducted by Elizabeth Vargas
Elizabeth Vargas
Elizabeth Vargas is an American television journalist who is anchor of ABC's television newsmagazine 20/20 and ABC News Specials. She was previously an anchor of World News Tonight.-Early years:...
, and footage of Piper at home, including material which had appeared in "Katie: My Beautiful Face".
Other appearances
Katie Piper has appeared on a number of television and radio programmes to talk about her experience; the Australian series 60 Minutes featured Piper in November 2009. In the same month, she appeared on Channel 4's Krishnan Guru-MurthyKrishnan Guru-Murthy
Krishnan Guru-Murthy , is a British television presenter and journalist employed by Channel 4. He presents the Channel 4 Evening News and the foreign affairs programme Unreported World.-Education:...
-hosted television-led debate The TV Show to discuss the reaction to the original documentary.
Piper has also appeared as a guest on a number of British magazine and news programmes including Live From Studio Five
Live from Studio Five
Live From Studio Five was an early evening, British magazine programme which was produced by Sky News for Channel 5. The show was presented by Kate Walsh and a line-up of other co-presenters during its run. It consisted of interviews and discussing topical issues, with an emphasis on showbusiness...
, Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour is a radio magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.-History:Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by Alan Ivimey the programme was first broadcast on 7 October 1946 on the BBC's Light Programme . It was transferred to its current home in 1973...
, BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast is the morning television news programme simulcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel. It is presented live from BBC Television Centre in White City, West London, and contains a mixture of news, sport, weather, business and feature items...
and This Morning
This Morning (TV series)
This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...
. Outside the UK, Piper has appeared on broadcasters including CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
.
On 28 April 2010, she spoke (in a non-party political manner) at a Labour Party election press conference, where she described how CCTV cameras had been instrumental in convicting her attackers. Piper also attended the Glam in the City event, which took place in Glasgow in June 2010.
Katie Piper appeared on The Michael Ball Show
The Michael Ball Show
The Michael Ball Show was a British topical entertainment show broadcast on ITV and ITV1 HD/STV HD in 2010. It featured entertainment, discussion and showbiz glamour with the occasional musical performance from Michael himself, often on the Friday edition of the show...
on 6 September 2010, and Lorraine
Lorraine (TV programme)
Lorraine is the early weekday morning, lifestyle and entertainment show for the British ITV network, presented by Lorraine Kelly. ITV Breakfast produces Lorraine, which airs every weekday from 08:30 until 09:25, following Daybreak...
on 7 October 2010. On 3 November she appeared in a Norwegian talk show called Trude.
Around the time of the broadcast of Katie: My Beautiful Friends, Piper appeared on a number of magazine and features programmes to discuss the series, in some cases accompanied by one of the ambassadors; these appearances included This Morning
This Morning (TV series)
This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...
(with Adele), The Vanessa Show
Vanessa Feltz
Vanessa Jane Feltz is an English television personality, broadcaster and journalist. She currently presents an early morning radio show on BBC Radio 2, a mid morning phone-in show on BBC London 94.9. In 2011, she started hosting The Vanessa Show on Channel 5. The first series ended on June 24th...
(with Amit), Fern
Fern (TV series)
Fern is a British chat show hosted by Fern Britton which aired on Channel 4 on weekdays at 5:00pm in March and April 2011. The format is a teatime chat show featuring real-life stories, a mix of gossip and entertainment. The studio had a sofa area for interviewing celebrity guests, a kitchen area,...
(with Kayleigh), OK! TV
OK! TV
OK! TV is an early evening magazine programme, broadcast on Channel 5 as a brand extension of celebrity title OK! Magazine. It replaced Live from Studio Five on 14 February 2011, and was presented by Kate Walsh and Matt Johnson, both of which have since left the programme. Jeff Brazier and Jenny...
and Loose Women
Loose Women
Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip...
(Piper alone). Piper also appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
with Chantelle as guests of Phil Williams (sitting in for Victoria Derbyshire
Victoria Derbyshire
Victoria Derbyshire is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster who currently presents the mid-morning news/current affairs & interview programme on BBC Radio 5 Live between 10am and 12noon each weekday...
), but prior to their going on air Chantelle was insult
Insult
An insult is an expression, statement which is considered degrading and offensive. Insults may be intentional or accidental...
ed by a security guard at the studios, an incident which was subsequently referred to by Williams on-air during the interview.
Piper began a regular column in Reveal magazine in April 2011.
Awards and nominations
Katie: My Beautiful Face was nominated for "Best Single Documentary" at the BAFTA Television Awards in June 2010British Academy Television Awards 2010
The 2010 British Academy Television Awards were held on 6 June 2010. The nominations were announced on 10 May.This year new awards were added including the award for Best Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role. Graham Norton hosted the ceremony...
, but did not win – the trophy was awarded to BBC One's Wounded.
The previous month, director Jessie Versluys had won the Breakthrough Talent prize at the 2010 Craft BAFTA ceremony, for her credits including Katie: My Beautiful Face and The Hospital.
Katie Piper attended both BAFTA ceremonies, accompanying Versluys to the Craft event.
Katie Piper was named winner of the 'Courage Award' at the Pride of Andover Awards (supported by
Andover Sound
Andover Sound
Andover Sound is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting from studios in East Street, Andover, and serving North West Hampshire and parts of East Wiltshire....
) in October 2010; then, on 6 October Piper was announced as winner of the publicly voted 'Most Inspirational' prize at the Inspiration Awards for Women.
Piper also won the "Women to Watch: Inspiration" award at Red magazine's "Red's Hot Women Awards" in 2010.
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.
Piper was awarded the Sainsbury's Women of the Year "You Can" Award at the Women of the Year Awards 2011, held in October 2011.
Autobiography
In 2010 it was revealed that Katie Piper would be releasing an autobiography. Piper's book, which is called Beautiful, was published in paperback by Ebury Press on 17 February 2011. Segments of the book were serialisedSerial (literature)
In literature, a serial is a publishing format by which a single large work, most often a work of narrative fiction, is presented in contiguous installments—also known as numbers, parts, or fascicles—either issued as separate publications or appearing in sequential issues of a single periodical...
over two weeks in late January/early February 2011
in the Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1982 by Lord Rothermere, it became Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper following the closing of The News of the World in July 2011...
newspaper.
Katie: My Beautiful Friends
In May 2010 it was confirmed that Katie Piper would be involved in a new series for Channel 4. The series would again see Piper working with Mentorn Media, producer of Katie: My Beautiful Face. The series features Piper meeting people who have been disfigured, disabled or physically altered as a result of illness, injury, assault, accident or surgery. A call for potential interview subjects appeared on Channel 4's 'Take Part' website in May 2010. The films also chronicle the development and growth of the Katie Piper Foundation, and Piper's efforts towards this. The series is titled Katie: My Beautiful Friends, and began its four-part run on 22 March 2011. Items of supporting information and relevant associated content relating to the programme were placed on the Channel 4 website in tandem with the programme's broadcast. The series was broadcast in AmericaUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on the OWN from 16 August 2011.
Episode guide
| Episode | Description | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Katie meets Chantelle, who suffers from arteriovenous malformation Arteriovenous malformation Arteriovenous malformation or AVM is an abnormal connection between veins and arteries, usually congenital. This pathology is widely known because of its occurrence in the central nervous system, but can appear in any location. An arteriovenous malformation is a vascular anomaly. It is a... and requires urgent surgery, and Adele, a teenage ballerina Ballerina A ballerina is a title used to describe a principal female professional ballet dancer in a large company; the male equivalent to this title is danseur or ballerino... scalded when she suffered an epileptic fit Epilepsy Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by seizures. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or hypersynchronous neuronal activity in the brain.About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, and nearly two out of every three new cases... in the shower. |
22 March 2011 |
| 1.2 | Katie meets Will, a teenager beginning his road to recovery after a recent barbecue explosion, and Emily, a graduate burned in a house fire as a child. | 29 March 2011 |
| 1.3 | Katie meets Amit, a university student with neurofibromatosis Neurofibromatosis Neurofibromatosis is a genetically-inherited disorder in which the nerve tissue grows tumors that may be benign or may cause serious damage by compressing nerves and other tissues... , and aspiring comic book illustrator Illustrator An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text... Andrew, who has Treacher-Collins syndrome. |
5 April 2011 |
| 1.4 | Katie meets Pfeiffer syndrome Pfeiffer syndrome Pfeiffer syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the premature fusion of certain bones of the skull , which prevents further growth of the skull and affects the shape of the head and face... sufferer Kayleigh, and George, who is undergoing surgery for a form of inherited skin cancer Skin cancer Skin neoplasms are skin growths with differing causes and varying degrees of malignancy. The three most common malignant skin cancers are basal cell cancer, squamous cell cancer, and melanoma, each of which is named after the type of skin cell from which it arises... . She also revisits Chantelle to check on her progress. |
12 April 2011 |
Katie Piper Foundation
In late 2009, Katie Piper established a charity, The Katie Piper Foundation, aimed at raising awareness of the plight of victims of burns and other disfigurement injuries: the charity also campaigns for the specialist treatment Piper received – such as the after-care scheme undertaken in France – to be more widely available to patients in Britain. Simon CowellSimon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...
is a patron of the foundation, along with her surgeon Dr. Mohammad Ali Jawad.
Further Reading
- Katie Piper, Beautiful: A beautiful girl. An evil man. One inspiring true story of courage, (Ebury Press, 2011) ISBN 978-0091940768