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Kristy Dawson

Ponteland woman to be first ever contestant with a prosthetic eye to compete in Miss England final

Meet India Fenwick - the first contestant with a prosthetic eye to reach the final of Miss England.

The 21-year-old was born with a condition called micropothalmia, which left her completely blind in her left eye. She developed the birth defect after her mum Claire Fenwick, 51, caught an infection called toxoplasmosis from a restaurant when she was 10 weeks pregnant.

Unbeknown to Claire, the infection was passed to India while she was in the womb. It attacked the optic nerve, leaving it severely damaged, and affected the development and growth of her left eye. India was left blind in her left eye and her eyeball 25% smaller than her right eye.

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