Catwalk for Cause 2

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00:00I'm here at the Highland Hospice Warehouse for, well, preparing for catwalk for a cause.

00:15I heard about the catwalk and I was really keen to attend and I'd mentioned this to my

00:22friend Penny, who'd been involved in it, and she then said, well, why don't you just do

00:27it? So I suppose that's kind of like the initial initiation into kind of like coming along.

00:35I am here because I've got Crohn's disease and I'm passionate about spreading awareness

00:40like the rest of the contestants for catwalk for a cause. There's a variety of illnesses,

00:47cancer, breast cancer. I'm here because I've got Crohn's disease.

00:51Five and a half years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I went through surgery,

00:58chemotherapy, radiotherapy and had a bit of a challenge getting back to full strength.

01:04I'm doing it with my friend Elaine. We've both been through breast cancer and we thought

01:09it would be a nice opportunity to do some fundraising and charity work for the hospice.

01:14I'm doing it as all those ladies that haven't been lucky to sort of be in remission and

01:20get the all clear and I'm one of those lucky ladies that has and my philosophy in life

01:25is live life to the most now because you kind of never know what's round the corner. I lost

01:30my husband about three years ago and I've lost a sister and I've lost my mum recently

01:36so yeah, life is all about living.

01:38It's such a great cause. I think after having a long time assessing my image and how I feel

01:48about my body since my cancer treatment, something like this that gives a huge amount of empowerment

01:54to women and a huge amount of confidence, it all made perfect sense to push the boundaries

02:01and come along.