A teenager who is deaf and bald has fulfilled her childhood dream of being signed to a modelling agency after overcoming years of bullying because of her appearance.
Hannah Harpin, 18, from Mirfield, West Yorkshire, was born with Hay-Wells Syndrome, a rare condition which affects just 30 people worldwide and leads to the abnormal development of the skin, hair, nails, teeth and eyes.
'I have been bullied most of my life, from being sworn at in the street to strangers assuming I have cancer due to my baldness,' Hannah said.
'I've even been spat on by a boy and his friends filmed it. I have had really bad suicidal thoughts for years because of incidents like that.