Disability History Month Wall of Fame
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Bernadette Hagans<br />
Nominated by Katie Phillips (Welsh Affairs Officer)<br />
Bernadette is a cancer survivor and amputee model. She had to re-learn to<br />
walk on a prosthesis and was later signed with the Zebedee Management<br />
modelling agency, working with models with disabilities. Her story got the<br />
attention <strong>of</strong> fashion brand Kurt Geiger who recently featured Bernadette as<br />
a campaign ambassador. On the topic <strong>of</strong> her prosthetic she said "People<br />
kept telling me to try to hide it and people were expecting me to get it<br />
skin-coloured, but in my head I was like, if I'm going to have a robot leg, I<br />
want it to look like a robot leg", "I'm trying to show that my leg is an<br />
accessory - it's not something to be ashamed <strong>of</strong> and so I'm just trying to<br />
show that and show that you can still live a happy life."
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