When Bernadette Hagans felt a pain in her right leg she brushed it off as minor twinge caused by moving into her top floor flat.
But as the weeks went on it got worse and she knew something wasn’t right. The ache was making it harder to walk and sleep.
Then after numerous trips to her doctor and an urgent MRI scan the awful truth emerged. Bernadette, at just 22, had a rare type of cancer and would have to have her leg amputated.
Such life-changing news would devastate anyone, but brave Bernadette has never stopped smiling. Now, as a cancer survivor, amputee and the new face of a major fashion campaign, she says: “I lost my leg but found my voice.
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