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In this series,
I meet some amazing Australians...
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That's not journalism,
that's churnalism.
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I also like to test my own limits.
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..as they tell me
their fascinating stories.
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Hey, sexy,
your turn for the garbage.
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I put paint on the canvas...
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There I was,
about to win the Melbourne Cup.
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..and tried to capture elements
of their personality.
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"I'm gonna be a world champion!"
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"Pipe down, Gidget.
You haven't even won a contest yet."
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I was about 48 hours away
from...dying.
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The portrait is theirs to keep,
so I hope they like it.
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Oh, that's nice.
Wow.
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(SQUEALS AND LAUGHS)
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Oh, my heavens!
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(LAUGHS)
Wow.
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Welcome to Anh's Brush With Fame.
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Sophie Delezio is a born survivor.
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As a toddler, she was badly burnt
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when a car crashed into
her childcare centre and caught fire.
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Mummy rub your tummy?
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The nation got behind her recovery.
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NEWSREADER: A beaming face
through the top-to-bottom bandages.
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But just a couple of years later,
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her life was thrown
into jeopardy once again.
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Little burns victim Sophie Delezio
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has been hit by a car
and is on life support.
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Sophie, now 18, continues to make
the most of her life.
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I wanna know how she defied the odds
to fight for her independence.
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SOPHIE: I'm so excited.
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I've never had
my portrait painted before,
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so I don't know how it's gonna go.
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I hope that my personality shows,
like, my fun-loving nature,
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and hope, like,
maybe Anh sees it as well.
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Just as long as it captures
who I am, that'd be cool.
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Sophie Delezio has been taught
to be strong.
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By the time she was three,
she was already battling injuries
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that would shape
the rest of her life.
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In the most difficult
of circumstances,
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she found strength and positivity.
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I want to capture
that optimism and resilience.
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Hi.
Sophie.
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Oh, what a joy to have you
on the show.
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Oh, thank you so much.
So excited to be here.
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We got lots to talk about.
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Take a seat.
Thank you.
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So good to have you here, Sophie.
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Thank you so much.
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You're the youngest of two children.
Mm-hm.
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What were you like as a little kid?
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A chatterbox,
my parents would definitely say.
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I had very strong opinions,
and it was my way.
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(CHUCKLES) Very bossy as well.
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How close are you
to your brother, Mitchell?
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We have a typical sibling
relationship, I would say.
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Growing up, it was very, um...
you know, he was the older brother.
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He had authority over me
kind of thing.
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But, you know,
he's always been very protective.
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Like, when we were younger,
if anyone stared at me,
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he would death-stare them back
and that was his, like, weapon.
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He's just very protective
and lovely.
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Let's go back to 2003.
Yeah.
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You're sleeping at preschool.
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Yeah.
You're two years old.
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Yeah.
And then what happened?
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Well, then a car came, uh...
crashed into the school.
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The man who was in the car
had a seizure
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and his foot was on the accelerator.
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So, the wheel kept on spinning
and the friction caused a fire.
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MAN: As it penetrated
the front wall,
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it actually trapped a number
of children under the vehicle.
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10 people were injured,
2 of these quite serious.
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How severe were your injuries?
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So, I lost both my legs
below the knee,
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which I'm very thankful for,
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because, like, that has at least
given me a bit more movement.
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My right hand, my ear.
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A lot of internal injuries.
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Internal injuries
in the sense of shock
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and, like, my body kinda went into,
"What's going on?"
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Sophie's injuries were so severe
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that her mum and dad,
Carolyn and Ron,
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were asked a question
no parent wants to hear.
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That's alright, bub.
(CRIES)
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You're in hospital.
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85% burns to your body.
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Mm-hm, third-degree.
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They gave your mum and dad the option
of turning off life support.
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Yeah.
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It's such a wild thought
that, you know,
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a simple "yes", I would not be here.
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But my parents are so strong
and they knew there was hope
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and they just held on
to that tiny strand of, "What if?"
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And here I am.
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Have you ever talked to Mum and Dad
about that decision?
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Um... Actually, no.
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I think it's just something that's
always gone unspoken for our family.
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Just because we knew
it was an option, and they chose no.
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It's as simple as that.
They chose to hold on.
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2.5 years after the car crashed
into the preschool,
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Sophie was in her stroller
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being pushed across
a pedestrian crossing
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when she was hit by a car.
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I was crossing the road
and a driver got blinded by the sun
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and didn't see that I was crossing
and hit my stroller.
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And I flew 18 metres
and landed in the pavement.
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Everything was internal.
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So, only internal injuries.
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I had brain damage.
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I think I went into cardiac arrest
a few times.
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Like, it was very, um...intense.
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But to this day, the only thing that
affected me from that accident was
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I still suffer a bit
from my brain damage.
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So, learning,
I've always had a tutor.
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And there's certain things
that I've always struggled with.
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And I have no sense of smell.
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Those are the only two things
that are permanent from that one.
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But at the time, it was traumatic.
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Like, I think it was,
like, nine broken ribs
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and all this stuff happened.
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(CHUCKLES) See, I don't know
the full extent of my injuries.
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I just know it was a lot.
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(CRIES)
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Sophie was put into an induced coma
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and spent almost five weeks
in hospital,
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a place that was now all too familiar
and would be for years to come.
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All the surgeries I have now
is to keep on fixing what happened,
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like, as in the sense
of skin releases,
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'cause I have scars
that get too tight.
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And, like, I can't lift my right arm
all the way up in the air,
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like, up straight,
whereas I can with my left.
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So, we've had around five surgeries
to try and fix that.
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Normal skin grows as you grow,
but scarred skin doesn't.
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Yeah, one of
the most major surgeries
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I used to have every year
when I was younger
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was I used to have my legs trimmed
because my legs were so badly burnt,
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and my skin wouldn't grow,
but my bones would keep on growing.
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So, we basically had to cut them
back every year just to stop them,
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'cause it would cause
these major wounds.
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So, you're cutting the bone back?
Yeah, yeah.
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See, it sounds major to everyone,
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whereas I was just like,
"Oh, yeah, having it done again."
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It literally was every year
I had it done,
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so it was such a normal thing
for me, which sounds very weird.
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And, I mean, what's that like?
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I'd go in, they'd trim it,
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and then I'd have bandages
on my legs for two months, around.
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And it would be...
recovery was always a lot of work,
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because my body has
a very low immune system,
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so infections...
I'm prone to infections.
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And I've had a lot of surgeries fail
because of infections, so...
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It was weird.
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Every year, I had to get
new prosthetic legs,
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because my legs would change shape.
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That was probably the most, like,
annoying part for me.
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But every year,
whenever I got new legs,
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I'd get my prosthetist
to extend them,
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and so I'd become taller.
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So, I don't know
what my actual height is.
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But, you know, I'm still small,
but, you know, it's OK.
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So, you can order?
Yep.
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"Gimme a bit more.
Gimme another couple of inches."
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Now that I'm 18, he's more like,
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"OK, I'll extend it
by, like, half a centimetre."
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And I'm like, "I wanna be tall!"
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MAN: Just turn around.
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Sophie's life has been a series of
medical appointments and operations.
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Her positivity and sense of gratitude
is humbling.
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Honestly, half the procedures
I have done,
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don't really know
what actually happens.
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I just know the effects.
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For example, how I got hair.
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Like, I had very little hair
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and I had these procedures
called "tissue expanders"
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that basically stretched the skin
where I had hair follicles
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and stretched it over my head
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to, like, let me have hair
all over my head.
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I started off with
just a strip of hair, really.
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And then, every week,
you'd inject it with saline
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to stretch the skin.
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And after, like,
two months or something,
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they'd basically, like, pop it
and stretch it all over my head
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as much as they could.
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And I have no idea about
the science behind it.
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All I know is it stretched my skin
and I have hair.
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It sounds like
you're grateful for those.
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So much, yeah.
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Like, especially for me.
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Like, hair is such
a distinct feature.
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Like, I've tried wigs,
but because of my sensitive skin,
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it irritates
and I get hot very easily
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because grafted skin
can't release heat.
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So, most of my body
holds in the heat.
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So, wigs never worked for me
personally because of that.
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So, extensions, like, I got them...
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..oh, like, three years ago now
when I was in Year 10.
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And it gave me
so much confidence with it
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and, like, with, like, who I am.
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And I think that was...
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Yeah, like, I can't imagine
what I'd be without it.
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Sophie received a massive amount
of help from the community,
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from fundraising events
to global prayer chains,
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but through it all,
the strongest support
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came from her parents,
who never gave up.
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All the times that
I've spent in hospital,
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The special moments between
my dad and I, or my mum and I,
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have been those moments
just before I go into surgery.
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Surgeries for me,
when I was younger,
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I had a lot of irrational fears
about it.
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Like, I used to freak out
about the gas masks.
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And just those moments of my parents
calming me down were so special,
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and, like, I'll always hold
in my heart,
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because that was one of the things
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that I was most terrified of
as a child.
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That was my biggest fear,
was those gas masks.
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MAN: Great. Thanks very much.
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Both parents had their own speech
they'd have prepared.
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Mum's was always,
"Go to your happy place,"
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and then she'd name, like,
all these moments
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that we've had...done together,
like, these special moments.
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And Dad was always just, you know,
"You're strong, you can do this."
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He was more of, like, the pep talk.
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Like, "You got this!"
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Your dad taught you to say,
"I'm a strong girl." Is that right?
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Yeah, so, that was one other thing
that would happen before surgery.
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And Dad made me, like,
focus so much on shouting it
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and just focus so much
on what I was saying
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that I forgot where I was, so...
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You say, "Good girl, Tara."
Good girl, Tara.
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Tell me about Tara, the therapy dog?
(LAUGHS)
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Well, Tara was
my first ever assistance dog.
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She was the perfect assistance dog.
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Like, whenever we went to bed,
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because I was the youngest,
I'd go to bed first.
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She'd stay with me
until I was asleep.
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Go to my brother's room,
wait till he was asleep.
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Go to my parent's room,
wait till they were asleep,
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and then go to sleep herself.
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She was just the perfect dog.
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And she helped me learn
how to walk in prosthetics.
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When I walked down the stairs,
I would take one step
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down the stairs, and she would take
a step and she'd wait for me.
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And then I'd take another step
and she'd take a step.
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She was so helpful
and such a good, like, support.
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And, yeah, she was
such a beautiful dog.
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But tragically died at the age
of six, which is very young.
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What happened to her?
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She had a very rare type of cancer.
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It was only like
10% of her breed could get it.
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It was very painful watching it.
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And I was very young
at the time, so...
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And just seeing her deteriorate
was very emotionally hard for me.
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I think my parents
always enforced the...
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..like, "You had
all those amazing times together.
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"Like, be thankful you had that."
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Like, with Tara,
like, I'm so thankful
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I had her to help me
with everything.
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And just, like, to have a play mate.
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Like, my brother had a cat
and I had my dog.
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And just that kind of...
we had those moments together.
261
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You've just gotta be thankful
for that.
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Wow, sounds like
your parents have taught you
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to be thankful for everything we have
and focus on that.
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Yeah, they're amazing.
They're pretty cool.
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They ARE amazing.
Yeah.
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(LAUGHS)
Oh! Wow!
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Sophie has remarkable strength,
268
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no doubt fostered by
her incredible family.
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The pain they all went through
is unimaginable.
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She is incredibly stoic,
but also fun and full of joy.
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I wanna capture her spark.
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It's a testament to the strength
of Sophie's parents
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that after all they were doing
for their daughter,
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they still had the drive, energy
and awareness to help others.
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Your mum and dad started the charity
Day of Difference Foundation.
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Who does the charity help?
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They wanted to help families
like them and children...
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..and, like, whether they're
patients or siblings, in hospitals.
279
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And they've raised so much money
and it's such an amazing charity.
280
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The charity's raised millions,
hasn't it?
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Yeah.
So wonderful.
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And they've just done so much work.
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Like, in the later years,
284
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they've been working on
looking into parental care.
285
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Because, obviously,
thankfully my parents were so strong
286
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and they had such
an amazing support network,
287
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with, like, their friends
and family.
288
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That helped them get through
the time that I was in hospital,
289
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but there's a lot of people
out there that don't have that.
290
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There's a lot of work needed
in the family care area,
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especially little kids.
292
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Like, my brother was three or four
when I had my accident.
293
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He was just...you know,
would sit in the corner
294
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playing with his dinosaurs.
295
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Yeah, it's easy
to forget the brother.
296
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Exactly, yeah.
Yeah.
297
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I don't know if you know this.
298
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I was on Dancing With The Stars
in 2007.
299
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I remember sitting in my family room
when we used to watch it.
300
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Really?
Yep.
301
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So, you pick a charity,
and I picked the Day of Difference.
302
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And I remember this one week,
I had to learn this dance
303
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where I pick up my partner,
put her on my neck
304
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and she spins around
and I take my hands down
305
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and she continues to spin
around my neck.
306
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And I said to my wife,
"This is too hard."
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I just wasn't getting it.
308
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And she said, "Anh, you know
that every week you stay in,
309
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"you help the charity."
310
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And I went, "Oh, yeah, you're right."
311
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So, I doubled my training time
and I pulled off the moves, Sophie.
312
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Oh, my God.
313
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(UPBEAT MUSIC)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
314
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Your story touched a lot of people.
315
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And it's your story, but just how
you were and how your parents were.
316
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Thank you.
317
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I think Australia
just saw your parents
318
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and we just went, "Oh, wow."
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Well, it's all thanks to my parents.
320
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Like, I wouldn't be who I am
if it wasn't for them.
321
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Like, I feel like I can't even,
like, take credit for it.
322
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Like, it's them.
Yeah, I think it's them.
323
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And I think that you can take
a bit of credit yourself.
324
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Take a little bit.
(BOTH LAUGH)
325
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Sophie has faced many challenges
in her life,
326
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lots of them in the public eye.
327
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Looking different means
Sophie has to deal with something
328
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most of us never have to.
329
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I think when people stare at me,
well, like little kids,
330
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it's just them being curious.
331
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And, yeah, there comes a point
where they need to stop staring
332
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and it can be counted as rude.
333
00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,880
But it's when parents...
Like, I've had adults stare.
334
00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,080
And after a while
it's just like, "You're staring."
335
00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,720
Like, it's not a curiosity,
it's just weird.
336
00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,120
Did you ever get teased at school?
337
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There were moments where...
338
00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,520
..I never got bullied or anything,
I wouldn't say that.
339
00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,760
But I was definitely excluded
from certain things
340
00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:44,480
because people assumed
that I couldn't do things.
341
00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,360
You know, on paper, my disability
can look a bit dramatic.
342
00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,040
But then you meet me and I'm like,
"Yeah, no, I've skydived.
343
00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,680
"I go to the gym, like,
five days a week."
344
00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,760
Like...
I hear...
345
00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,120
I hear how much
that sort of angers you.
346
00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:00,760
Yeah.
You know...
347
00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,440
"Don't assume that I can't!"
348
00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:04,360
I love that, Sophie.
349
00:17:04,360 --> 00:17:05,840
Thank you.
That's so cool.
350
00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,320
Thank you.
351
00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,960
Sophie's attitude has meant
she's never let her disabilities
352
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stand in the way of anything
she's wanted to do.
353
00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,920
She's always prepared to have a go.
354
00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,800
Tell me about the sporting activities
you've been doing?
355
00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:26,440
So, oh, I've done swimming...
can't remember how many years now.
356
00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:29,160
And just, like, it was
my first form of rehab.
357
00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:33,360
And I was a water baby
from when I was born.
358
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I loved the water. I loved swimming.
359
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And so I started competitively
swimming for quite a few years.
360
00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,000
And then I took up rowing,
361
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'cause all my friends
were doing it at school.
362
00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,360
I did that for around four years.
363
00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:50,080
And I did a few regattas
and it was all so amazing.
364
00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:53,000
You don't do much by half, do you?
No.
365
00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,040
So, Mum and Dad, really,
they've just gone,
366
00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,080
"Be a normal teenage..."
Yeah.
367
00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,800
Yeah, yeah, they never let anything
get in my way as much as they could.
368
00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:07,120
My dream was to go skydiving
and everywhere in Australia said no.
369
00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:10,880
But when I was on holidays
in Queenstown, they said yes.
370
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So, it was like,
"OK, you're going skydiving."
371
00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,800
Like, those amazing things,
like, they just...
372
00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:17,880
..took every opportunity
that they could
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to make my life as free
as I can have it.
374
00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:23,600
They just...
375
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They never wanted my disability
to define who I was
376
00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,800
in the sense of, like, define
what I can and can't do.
377
00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,760
Sophie has an amazing attitude,
378
00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:40,800
but still deals with the discomfort
caused by her accidents,
379
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which may never leave her.
380
00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:44,920
How much pain is there?
381
00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,560
Can you describe the pain for me?
Um, OK.
382
00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,520
So, I have one in my head still,
383
00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:53,920
and it feels like a metal spoon
is being stabbed into you.
384
00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,440
A metal spoon?
Yeah.
385
00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,200
Rather than a knife?
Yeah, 'cause it's blunt.
386
00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,680
I can't remember who it was,
but they were just like,
387
00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:02,640
"I have this pain.
It's like a metal spoon."
388
00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,480
I was like, "Whoa, that's it."
"That's the one."
389
00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,680
Took me, like, a few years
to figure that out.
390
00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,440
But it would be such
a major procedure to get out.
391
00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,280
It would involve brain surgery.
392
00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,840
And we're like, "We're gonna try
to avoid that if we can."
393
00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:17,760
You know, my head's been
through a lot.
394
00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:22,480
But also because I wear
my prosthetics a lot.
395
00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:24,440
And, you know,
396
00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,960
I've always been told
not to wear them as much as I do.
397
00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:28,440
But, oh, well.
398
00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,200
And, so, I have
a lot of pressure wounds
399
00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:35,000
at both the bottom of my stumps
of my legs through weight bearing,
400
00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,320
'cause my skin is so fragile
because of the grafted skin.
401
00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:39,920
So, I'm always taking, like...
402
00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:43,080
Every morning, if I wear
my prosthetics, I take painkillers.
403
00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:44,920
That's, like, a constant.
404
00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,440
As I brush my teeth,
take painkillers kind of thing.
405
00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,960
So, I've always been
of that mind set of,
406
00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:54,200
"Yes, it's gonna cause me pain,
but also freedom."
407
00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:55,480
Yes.
408
00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,560
The freedom always outweighed
the pain for me.
409
00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,640
I remember for my Year 10 formal,
410
00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,280
I really wanted to wear,
like, high heels.
411
00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:06,440
So, I got my prosthetist to make
a whole pair of prosthetic legs
412
00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,080
just for four-inch heels.
413
00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,400
I still have them to this day.
414
00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:15,120
All these things that we take
for granted, Sophie, you don't.
415
00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:18,120
Yeah, I've gotta be thankful
for what I can do,
416
00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:21,760
and just, you know,
everything is pretty cool.
417
00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,240
You've recently moved to London,
where you're living by yourself.
418
00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:31,240
Yes.
419
00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,280
No carers, nothing.
420
00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,200
Me, myself and I.
Wow.
421
00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,440
I always dreamt about
studying overseas.
422
00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,600
And then four years ago,
I went to London with my mum.
423
00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,080
It was just a girl's trip.
424
00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,520
And I've never been so awe-struck
by a city before.
425
00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,480
I was just like, "Oh, my gosh,
this is incredible."
426
00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,160
And it was just one of those moments
427
00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:52,920
that something just clicked
in my head.
428
00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,560
Like, "I have to move here.
I have no other choice."
429
00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,200
Like, "This has to happen."
430
00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,240
And I turned 18.
431
00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,600
A month and a bit later, I moved.
432
00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,200
And...
What was that like for Mum and Dad?
433
00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,320
"Mum and Dad, I'm gonna go
to London by myself?"
434
00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,680
"Yeah, by the way, um..."
435
00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,160
I think it was very emotional
and all of that.
436
00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,000
And Dad was emotional. (CHUCKLES)
437
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,800
Dad's the softie in our family.
438
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,000
(LAUGHS) Um, and...
439
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,520
But I think, for both of them,
440
00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,960
it was just a kind of
sense of pride as well,
441
00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,720
knowing that they raised a child
with a disability
442
00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,200
to be able to do this.
443
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,680
And they just knew
that I could do it.
444
00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:33,320
And it was incredibly emotional,
but, yeah.
445
00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,080
Do you ever think,
"Why me? Why twice?"
446
00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:44,680
Uh, no.
447
00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,080
Like, I know just some things
happen to some people,
448
00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,960
and sometimes they're not the best.
449
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,200
But, you know, it's like
what my parents always taught me -
450
00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,280
you gotta look at the positive side
of every situation.
451
00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,240
Like, it's been, you know...
452
00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,080
I went through a lot,
and I've suffered
453
00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,560
and I've been in pain,
454
00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,600
and it's horrible,
but I've gotta look
455
00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,480
at all the joy that has happened.
456
00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,720
I wouldn't know the people I know,
like my best friends.
457
00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:10,440
Like, all my closest friends
in the world to me, I wouldn't know.
458
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,320
Or, like, I wouldn't have gone
to the schools I went to.
459
00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,040
I went to four schools in my life.
460
00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,600
Like, one primary school
and three high schools.
461
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,280
And each school,
I've created a best friend.
462
00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,720
Like, a friend that I hold
so dearly to me right now,
463
00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:25,200
I wouldn't know them.
464
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,360
So, do you think you're lucky?
465
00:22:28,360 --> 00:22:30,120
I would say, definitely.
466
00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:31,640
(CHUCKLES)
Well...
467
00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,160
Yeah, like, I'm here.
468
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,920
(BOTH LAUGH)
469
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:37,480
So, yeah.
470
00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,320
No matter what you go through,
471
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,240
there's always gonna be
some positive,
472
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,360
even though you might not see it
at the time.
473
00:22:44,360 --> 00:22:47,400
Like, my parents,
at the time of my accident,
474
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,800
all they could see
is the horrible...
475
00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,200
..like, what was happening
at the time, and it was horrible.
476
00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:53,800
But, I mean, look at it now.
477
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,360
Like, look at how much positivity
it's brought.
478
00:22:57,360 --> 00:23:01,000
But, you know, I think the positivity
came out of their choice.
479
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,320
100%.
480
00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,200
Just saying no to turning
the life support off.
481
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,600
And I think, yeah,
everything is a choice.
482
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,720
Like, you can choose not to see
the positive in things.
483
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,080
You can you choose to just focus
on the negatives
484
00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:18,880
and just, you know, wallow in, like,
pity, in the sense of, like...
485
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,640
Like, everyone's allowed to grieve,
but look at the beauty in the world.
486
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,520
You know, whether it's
the slightest thing, like,
487
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,160
go walk into a park
and you see, like, a lot of trees
488
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,120
and you're like,
"Wow, it's pretty.
489
00:23:29,120 --> 00:23:31,640
Wow. That's amazing.
490
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:33,480
Your outlook is amazing.
Thank you.
491
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,480
Thank you so much.
492
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,520
Why do you think
we've been put on this planet?
493
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,040
Honestly,
it's one of those questions
494
00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,560
that there will always be
a million answers to.
495
00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,760
There's no one correct answer.
Like, just to live.
496
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:57,960
To create as much happiness
and much joy and love
497
00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,280
and, you know, positivity
as, like, you can.
498
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,680
And, you know, change it
for the next generation
499
00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:06,600
and the next generation after that.
500
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,320
Just make the world
a better place in any way.
501
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,000
That's like the best answer
I've ever gotten to that question!
502
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,600
Oh!
And you're 18!
503
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,080
Thank you. Yeah.
504
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,680
Wow.
Aw.
505
00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,840
(BOTH LAUGH)
506
00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,400
Gosh!
Thank you.
507
00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,040
I am nearly finished.
Oh, yay.
508
00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,040
And I've really enjoyed painting
your beautiful smile.
509
00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,800
I'm just gonna need another
20 minutes or so to finish off
510
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,280
and then I'll bring you back
511
00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,560
and I'll show you
the finished painting.
512
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:36,680
Amazing. I'm so excited.
513
00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,640
It was so amazing.
I had the best time.
514
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,120
It was just so easy to open up
515
00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:45,040
and it was just like talking
to a friend.
516
00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,280
A bit nervous to see
what I look like.
517
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,720
I look at photos and I'm like,
518
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,840
"Oh, that's what
I look like? Sure."
519
00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:56,520
But I'm really excited to see it.
520
00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:02,200
Sophie Delezio has such
an inspiring attitude to life.
521
00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:05,880
She's been through so much hardship,
522
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:11,160
yet she continues to beat the odds
to live the life she wants to live.
523
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,280
I hope to capture
her wonderful spirit.
524
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:15,960
I think I'm done.
525
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,440
OK, Sophie, I'm all done.
526
00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,280
(CHUCKLES)
527
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,720
I very much enjoyed
painting you today.
528
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,920
Oh, thank you so much.
I've had so much fun.
529
00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:32,080
You have such a beautiful
and powerful presence about you.
530
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:33,720
Oh, thank you.
Really powerful.
531
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,600
So, that's what I wanted to convey.
Thank you so much.
532
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,080
I understand your dad's here as well.
He is.
533
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,360
Can we bring Dad in for the reveal?
Absolutely.
534
00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:43,600
Ron, come on in, mate.
535
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,080
How are you?
Great to see you again.
536
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,720
OK, so, with that, Sophie,
537
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,080
I need you to close
your big beautiful blue eyes.
538
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,040
Ron, you, too.
I got brown eyes.
539
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:53,960
(LAUGHS)
540
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,920
Don't open your eyes till I tell you.
OK.
541
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,320
OK, guys, go for it.
542
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,120
Oh, my gosh.
Wow!
543
00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:06,880
That's spot-on.
It's incredible.
544
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,960
That's such a positive look, Ahn.
Oh, my God.
545
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,360
It's like a photograph of you, Soph.
546
00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:13,920
That's incredible.
547
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,520
Oh, jeez, you've done a great job.
Oh, my gosh.
548
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,320
You're amazing. Thank you.
549
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,040
Isn't that lovely?
Look at your eyes.
550
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:22,560
I usually don't do a big smile,
551
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,240
but you have
so much happiness about you...
552
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:26,240
Thank you.
553
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,560
..and I just had to put
your beautiful smile in there.
554
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,000
Oh, thank you. Oh, it's beautiful.
555
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:35,320
Thanks for coming on the show.
Thank you so much for having me.
556
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,840
It's been a joy and an honour. Oh!
557
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,520
Dad, come in for a hug.
558
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,040
Thanks, Anh.
Oh, my gosh.
559
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:42,520
(LAUGHS)
Good on you.
560
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,080
It was everything I imagined
and more.
561
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,400
It was incredible. Oh, my gosh.
562
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,720
I definitely think Anh's captured
my true personality
563
00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,480
and it just shows
my happiness and positivity.
564
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,080
Today has been incredible.
565
00:26:56,080 --> 00:27:00,040
It's been so fun and just, yeah,
full of laughter and happiness.
566
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,040
Yeah.
567
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:07,200
Sophie Delezio is
an extraordinary young woman.
568
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,280
With her wonderful attitude, it seems
like nothing can stand in her way.
569
00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,560
It's been a joy
getting to know her today.
570
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,000
Next time,
571
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,200
one of Australia's great characters
572
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,200
and his remarkable story.
573
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,240
And now I was doing
what I wanted to do,
574
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,040
being paid to do
what I wanted to do.
575
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:32,720
And I loved it.
576
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,280
I try to capture
Jack Thompson's immense presence
577
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:37,920
and put it on the canvas.
578
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:41,360
Wow.
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