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'I fought SO HARD to be here'
Woman & Home UK
|August 2025
As she releases her new book Still Beautiful, Katie Piper opens up about 'truly' living, contemplating adoption and the hot topic she'll never discuss on daytime TV

I feel like Jesus doing a baptism,' says Katie Piper, submerging herself into the swimming pool, wearing a full-length sheer kaftan and a grin that says she's entirely comfortable going the extra mile. And thank the Lord. It's mid-May and, while sun drenches the garden of our riverside location house, a chilly north-westerly wind has sent temperatures plummeting. Yet Katie, unfazed by the capricious British climes, delivers pose after saturated pose, stopping only momentarily when she clocks Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince playing poolside from someone's iPhone. 'Perfect weather for a beer and barbecue!' she chuckles before banking the final frames and diving into warmed bath towels. For the bestselling author, TV presenter, charity campaigner and mum of two [she shares daughters Belle, 11, and Penelope, seven, with her carpenter husband Richie Sutton, 41], life knows no limits, something she has proved repeatedly over 17 years, since an acid attack left her with life-altering physical and emotional injuries. While rebuilding her life and face through more than 400 operations – the early stage of her recovery was documented in her award-winning Channel 4 documentary
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