Turia Pitt has revealed how she came to feel 'attractive' again after recovering from horrific burns.
The 34-year-old suffered horrific burns to 64 per cent of her body when she got caught in a wildfire in Western Australia in 2011, during an ultramarathon.
Afterwards, she had to learn to get to know and love herself all over again, she told The Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday.
Strong: Turia Pitt (pictured) has revealed how she came to feel 'attractive' again after recovering from horrific burns. The 34-year-old suffered horrific burns to 64 per cent of her body when she got caught in a wildfire in Western Australia in 2011, during an ultramarathon
'Lying in a hospital bed, looking vastly different to how I used to look, I didn't feel attractive. But my sense of self is really related to my physical abilities,' she said.
'So the more I got my physical strength back, and the quicker I was able to run, the more I felt like the old Turia.'
The public speaker adds that she's proud of appearing on the cover of magazines and changing the public perception of what is attractive.
Power: 'Lying in a hospital bed, looking vastly different to how I used to look, I didn't feel attractive. But my sense of self is really related to my physical abilities,' she said. 'The more I got my physical strength back, the quicker I was able to run, the more I felt like the old Turia'
Influence: The public speaker adds that she's proud of appearing on the cover of magazines and changing the public perception of what is attractive. Pictured during her photo shoot for The Sydney Morning Herald
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