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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Saffron Otter

'People think I look like a monster, but I just want to be able to smile'

Catherine Parr doesn't necessarily want to be beautiful, she just wants to be able to smile for the first time.

She has lived all of her life being told she's 'ugly' and a 'monster'. Strangers cross the street when they see her coming, move their children away from her, and question if her partner is her carer.

From the age of two, Catherine, from Enfield, London, has suffered from facial paralysis that sees one side of her face droop.

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