Presenter and campaigner Katie Piper has told an audience at the Hay Festival in Wales that “ageing can be compared to a bereavement.”
The former model has had hundreds of surgeries to repair damage to her face and eyesight following an attack on the orders of her ex-boyfriend, which took place when she was twenty-four in 2008.
Piper’s latest book, which is published on Friday, is titled Still Beautiful: On Age, Beauty and Owning Your Space.
Piper, who mentors victims of acid attacks through the Katie Piper Foundation, recounted two stories when she had faced discrimination because of the way she looked.
Despite such experiences, Piper said: “You need to realize, on the whole, people are really good.”
