caption children birth_place other_names nationality name birth_date image article_title birth_name partner occupation
piper in 2012 1 belle elizabeth piper andover , hampshire , england katie piper british katie piper 12 october 1983 250px katie piper
 kate elizabeth piper richard james sutton activist , writer , television presenter
katie piper

kate `` katie '' elizabeth piper -lrb- born 12 october 1983 -rrb- is an english philanthropist , television presenter and former model from andover , hampshire .
piper had hoped to have a full-time career in the media , but in march 2008 sulphuric acid was thrown in her face .
the attack , which blinded piper in one eye , was arranged by piper 's ex-boyfriend danny lynch and carried out by an accomplice stefan sylvestre ; both men were arrested and are serving life sentences in prison for their crimes .
the attack took place in north london and piper was treated in chelsea and westminster hospital , where the surgeons removed all the skin from her face before rebuilding it with a skin substitute and then a skin graft .
the procedure was the first of its kind to be completed in a single operation .
katie also underwent ex-vivo limbal stem cell allograft transplantation -lrb- evscalt -rrb- at the centre for sight to restore her vision .
in 2009 , piper chose to give up her anonymity in order to increase awareness about burn victims .
the channel 4 documentary `` katie : my beautiful face '' was first aired on 29 october 2009 as part of the cutting edge series ; it has subsequently been repeated on several occasions , made available for online on-demand access and sold internationally .
more recently , piper has appeared in follow-up series for channel 4 , released a best-selling autobiography , and had a regular column in weekly magazines .
she also presents the channel 4 television series `` bodyshockers '' about members of the public about to undergo body-altering procedures and those who regret procedures they have had .
however , she primarily works for her charitable organisation the katie piper foundation .
in october 2013 she announced that she was pregnant .
piper gave birth to her first child , belle elizabeth , in march , 2014 .
in december 2014 , she announced her engagement to her partner richard james sutton .
