Lucy Edwards

Lucy Edwards (born: ), formerly known as YesterdaysWishes, is an English YouTuber who makes videos about her life as a blind person.
==Personal life==
Lucy is from Milton Keynes, England. She went to law school, and trained as a journalist at the BBC. Lucy is bisexual, and lives with chronic pain. Lucy’s fiancé, Ollie, proposed in July 2018. She is also a vegan.
Lucy's blindness is caused by . She lost sight in her right eye at eleven. She lost sight in her left eye in 2013, at age seventeen. She suffered from depresson, and overcame it through running. After Lucy went blind, her sister Alice described online makeup tutorials for her. After going blind, Lucy got her guide dog, Olga () who has since retired. In August 2021, she got a guide dog named Molly.
==The Blind Beauty Guide==
In September 2019, Lucy’s book The Blind Beauty Guide was published. It is a guide to applying makeup without sight, and the first beauty book written for blind people.
==Achievements and recognition==
In 2014, Lucy was the keynote speaker at the summer Gala, sharing the stage with . She has toured several schools to promote the charity Fixers UK, after collaborating in writing a children's novel named ‘The Superhero Dog’, about Olga.
In 2017, Lucy completed the in aid of .
In May 2018, Lucy attended the . In December 2018, Lucy became the first blind person to be on the front of .
In March 2019, Lucy was on an episode of . In December 2019, Lucy became the first blind presenter. Lucy was named on the 2019 Disability Power List 100.
In 2020, Lucy was also nominated at the in the Positive Role Model (Disability) category. She was included on TikTok’s 2020 list of their top 100 UK creators. She also judged the Audio Production Awards.
In March 2021, Lucy became part of the first ever UK TikTok creator council. In May 2021, Lucy was on the front page of the Apple App Store, discussing her favourite accessible apps. In June 2021, Lucy was part of YouTube Creator360 UK, a series of online sessions. Lucy was nominated for “TikTok Influencer Of The Year” at the 2021 Blogosphere awards. In October 2021, she became an ambassador for .
==References==
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:English YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2009
Category:LGBT YouTubers