Born this way

Bernadette Gledhill , from Huddersfield, has worked in the fashion industry for five decades, first as a model, then teaching others how it’s done and these days choreographing fashion shows. The 70-year-old’s career has come full circle, and she shares with us the joy of modelling, and why she’ll never let anyone perm her hair again!

Three years after an accident, right-leg-below-knee amputee Milly Pickles received a running blade and began documenting her journey as she learned to walk and run again. The fitness and disability advocate ran the London Marathon in 2024 and again this year. She shares what running gives her and why she believes every body can reap the rewards

As she releases her new book Still Beautiful , Katie Piper opens up about ‘truly’ living, contemplating adoption and the hot topic she’ll never discuss on daytime TV

Katy Lewis opens up to Closer about living with a visible difference and how she’s finally found the confidence to embrace her true self

Grief trapped me inside my own body until I took that vital first step

I’d love to see more of the world, I’d love to learn to play a musical instrument and I’d like to live abroad sometime. Even if it’s just for a short while, it would be great to embrace somewhere new.