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YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL – DON’T HIDE

SHE and her husband spend their weekends out and about, trawling the malls and indulging in one of their favourite pastimes – shopping. But it took the better part of two years before Tonya Meisenbach felt ready to leave her home and face the world again.

She was badly burnt in a catastrophic incident at home that melted the skin off her face, leaving her brutally scarred and shattering her self-confidence.

Yet Tonya (48) has turned her life around and has a powerful message for other burn survivors: don’t hide, no matter what curveballs life might throw

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