Katie Elliot, 20, had her right eye removed as a youngster following a diagnosis of a rare eye cancer
A woman who was branded 'Mike Wazowski' by cruel school bullies after losing an eye has now been snapped up by a modelling agency. Katie Elliot, from Glasgow, had her right eye removed age four, when she was diagnosed with retinoblastoma - a rare eye cancer - after her mum spotted her pupil changing shape.
Despite the change in her depth of perception from losing the vision in her right eye, Katie has competed and won many equestrian competitions - including winning the whole day at the East Kilbride rural show in 2020. She has worn prosthetic eyes for the last 15 years but is now finding the confidence to be seen without one - and has signed to a modelling agency.
Katie's mum, Gillian Elliott, 43, spotted her pupils were changing shape and that her eye would get "gunky" and decided to take her to the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London. Doctors ran test and discovered Katie, who was just four at the time, had a 1cm grade a tumour in her right eye and diagnosed her with retinoblastoma in May 2007.
Following the operation, Katie underwent chemotherapy to treat the cancer cells in her body and will be cancer free for 15 years in May this year. Katie and her mum, Gillian, were worried she wouldn't be able to ride a horse again - something she had been doing for as long as she can remember.
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