Katie Piper

Speaker Katie Piper is a TV presenter, philanthropist and former model.

Katie Piper was the victim of a shocking acid attack that left her blind in one eye and suffering severe burns. Katie gave up her right to anonymity to become an advocate for burn victims, agreeing to appear in the Channel 4 documentary Katie: My Beautiful Face as part of the Cutting Edge series. The documentary followed Katie’s attempts to rebuild her life as she underwent plastic surgery and skin grafts, whilst dealing with the trauma and emotional impact of the attack.

Katie has continued to work in television and used her profile to set up the Katie Piper Foundation. The foundation raises awareness for burn and disfigurement victims, while campaigning for improved after-care schemes in Britain. Katie has appeared in follow up documentaries for Channel 4, meeting people with disfigurement and disability in Katie: My Beautiful Friends and receiving stem cell treatment in a bid to restore her sight in Katie: The Science of Seeing Again. Katie has also presentsed Bodyshockers where she meets people who have had tattoos or plastic surgery they regret and are seeking to have the procedures reversed.

Katie’s autobiography Beautiful was followed by two self-help books and a second memoir entitled Beautiful Ever After, released in 2014. Katie has written columns for Reveal and Now magazines, as well as guest columns for the Sunday People and the Sunday Mirror.

Katie Piper was awarded an OBE in the 2022 New Years Honours List for services to charity and victims of burns and disfigurement injuries. You can contact Katie Piper as a keynote speaker via a Specialist Speakers agent on 0204 616 0868.