Carolyne Underwood
| Carolyne Underwood | |
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| Born |
March 3, 1982 England |
| Residence | Greater Manchester, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Dancing on Wheels, The Undateables |
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Carolyne Underwood (born 1982) is a British television personality. She became paralysed in January 2007 when she suffered a spinal cord lesion after a blood vessel burst in her back while she slept.[1]
Background
A former bar manager, Underwood now uses a wheelchair although she is determined to walk again.[2] Initially, she had thought she would be well again within a few months, but has since suffered further complications to her condition and been told it is unlikely she will ever recover.[3] In 2008, she received a donation of £24,000 from a mystery benefactor to enable her to fly to the United States to receive stem cell therapy.[4] Her health condition prevented her from taking up the opportunity at that time. She lives in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester.
Reality TV contestant
Underwood was one of the first disabled Reality TV show contestants to appear in two different Reality TV shows about disability. Sophie Morgan, who appeared in Beyond Boundaries and Britain's Missing Top Model, is the other disabled woman who has also appeared in two reality shows in the UK. Underwood participated in BBC Three's Dancing on Wheels in 2010, competing in a ballroom dancing competition with the English rugby league player Martin Offiah as her dancing partner,[5] and in the first series of The Undateables[6][7][8] which was shown on Channel 4 in 2012. Underwood also appeared briefly at the end of the second series of 'The Undateables' in an episode shown on Channel 4 on February 5, 2013 entitled 'Series One Revisited' and in Episode 5 of Series 4 in February 2015 in an episode entitled "Two weddings and a baby".
Personal life
In 2014, Underwood gave birth to a son.[9]
References
- ↑ The girl who went to bed normal and woke paralysed. Daily Mail. Retrieved 6 October 2012
- ↑ BBC News article. Retrieved 6 October 2012
- ↑ Paralysed girl doesn't give up. The Sun. Retrieved 8 October 2012
- ↑ Paralysed woman stem cell hope. BBC News. Retrieved 6 October 2012
- ↑ BBC programmes. Retrieved 6 October 2012
- ↑ The Undateables. Carolyne
- ↑ From wheelchair dancing to dating. The Ouch Blog. BBC. Retrieved 6 October 2012
- ↑ Carolyne's heartbreaking story. Fabulous Magazine. Retrieved 6 October 2012
- ↑ Channel 4. "Two weddings and a baby". The Undateables. Series 4. Episode 5.
External links
- 'After a Girls Night out Doctors said I'd be in a wheelchair for Life'. Daily Mirror. Retrieved 6 October 2012
- 'Twitter fury as Channel 4 launch controversial show'. Daily Mail. Retrieved 6 October 2012
- Support a Dream. Carolyne Underwood's appeal fund
- Carolyne Underwood on Facebook