Former Model Acid Attack Victim Katie Piper Reveals Her Miraculous Recovery

Although she still remains blind in one eye, extensive skin grafts and more than 40 operations have made her injuries almost undetectable, and she shone on the red carpet in an asymmetrical one-shoulder brown satin dress while fitting in flawlessly with the celebrity guests.

Piper suffered third-degree burns, lost her eyelids, half her left ear and most of her nose. Her eyes, mouth, tongue, oesophagus, arms, hands, neck and cleavage were also badly burned and the injuries were the worst her medical team had ever seen.

The then 24-year-old underwent a ground-breaking operation in the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, where surgeons removed all of the skin from her face before rebuilding it with a substitute.

The brave woman talked openly about her attack and recovery in a 2009 documentary in the UK called Katie: My Beautiful Face and the follow up series, Katie: My Beautiful Friends premiered earlier this year.

The life-altering moment came when she met Daniel Lynch after he messaged her on Facebook. Their whirlwind romance quickly turned violent when the martial arts instructor reportedly beat Katie and threatened to cut her throat during an overnight date at a hotel.

They agreed to keep it a secret, and two weeks later he persuaded her to pick up a message at an Internet cafe and had her followed by accomplice Stefan Sylvestre, who threw the skin-melting acid into her face.