Former Coronation Street star Victoria Ekanoye dazzled in purple as she walked the red carpet at the Pride of Britain Awards this week - and there's a reason she chose a colour on the pink colour spectrum. Pink is the colour of breast cancer awareness.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and it was on October 13 last year that Victoria, from Bury, was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ - when cancer cells have developed within the milk ducts in the breast. She was diagnosed just months after giving birth to her first child Théo with her partner Jonny Lomas.
Ahead of her double mastectomy and reconstruction surgery in December she was the belle of the ball at her 'Bye Bye Boobies' party at BLVD in Spinningfields to raise funds for Prevent Breast Cancer and Sickle Cell Care Manchester. Victoria, 40, who played Angie Appleton in Coronation Street before leaving the cobbles in 2019, instantly knew something was wrong after finding a lump while feeding her baby boy who she welcomed last January.
