Sophie Morgan
| Sophie Morgan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
24 February 1985 Crowborough, East Sussex, England |
| Residence | London, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Self-employed |
| Known for |
Beyond Boundaries Britain's Missing Top Model |
| Parent(s) |
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| Website | www.sophiemorgan.com |
- For the author, see Sophie Morgan (author).
Sophie Morgan (born 1985) is a former reality TV contestant who is a paraplegic with a T4 Spinal Complete injury following a road accident in 2003. Thirty-one year-old Morgan from East Sussex is self-employed.
Background
Morgan was born and raised near Crowborough, East Sussex. She comes from a wealthy family and attended Gordonstoun School in Moray, Scotland to study for her A levels, having been expelled from her previous school in England.[1] Her father, John, is a wine trader and her mother, Carol, was variously a nurse, gun dog trainer and air stewardess.[2]
In 2003, Morgan crashed her car whilst driving and was paralysed from the chest down. Describing the accident, she said that she had been the nominated driver and was sober: "Her friends were way over the limit but she’d only had a glass of champagne". She also added that "she felt more fulfilled since the accident".[2]
Self-employed in a number of areas,[3] Morgan is a Property developer specialising in houses of multiple occupation for Buy to let landlords, and distressed and commercial properties for investment and development.
Career
Reality TV Contestant
Morgan was a Reality TV show contestant - being one of the few people to appear in two different Reality TV shows about disability. Carolyne Underwood, who appeared in 2010 in Dancing on Wheels and in 2012 on The Undateables (2012), is the other disabled woman who has appeared in two reality shows.
In 2005, 18 months after becoming a parapalegic, Morgan took part in the first series of BBC2’s series Beyond Boundaries[4] when she travelled through Nicaraguain jungles with ten other disabled people. She was one of the three contestants who were unable to complete the expedition and did not appear in the final episodes of the series.
In 2008 she and 7 other disabled women were contestants on Britain's Missing Top Model.[5] where the prize was a fashion shoot for Marie Claire magazine. Morgan was the runner-up to Kelly Knox.
Other disability-related work
Morgan designed the 'Mannequal'.[6] She has also appeared in Horizon for BBC2[7] and the The One Show for BBC1 and has reported for Channel 4 News as part of the No Go Britain series.[8] She has also assisted in promoting SEAT, a programme to help disabled youths learn to drive.[9]
In 2012, Morgan was one of the presenters for Channel 4 during the Paralympics,[10] where she presented the weather report each morning. She wrote an article for the Sports section of The Independent about the Paralympics[11] that was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor.[12] In 2013, she presented a documentary about road crash victims on BBC3 entitled 'License to Kill' [13] and later that year she won the ultimate campaigner of the year award from Cosmopolitan magazine.[14] Morgan has secured a number of sponsorship deals for promoting disability equipment.
In 2015 Morgan became Patron of disability charity Scope.[15]
References
- ↑
- 1 2 Williams, Sally (March 4, 2012). "Sophie Morgan: 'I feel more fulfilled since the accident’". The Telegraph. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ↑
- ↑ BBC News. In Pictures: Beyond Boundaries
- ↑ BBC. Britain's Missing Top Model
- ↑ Price, Cheryl (April 10, 2011). "Sophie Morgan's Mannequal: A Revolution in the Fashion Industry". Mobil Women. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Horizon: Fix Me". BBC. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ↑ Channel 4, No go Britain. "Paralympic preseneter nightmare". Channel 4. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ↑ "SEAT Puts Disabled Youngsters In The Driving Seat". 21 Oct 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ↑ Beaty, Zoe (September 4, 2012). "Are We Patronising The Paralympians?". Grazia. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ↑ Morgan, Sophie (September 3, 2012). "The public's response has driven our athletes to even greater heights". The Independent. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ↑ McClanahan, Paige (September 9, 2012). "Paralympics set to leave lasting impression on London". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s50lw
- ↑ http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/_mobile/celebs/ultimate-women-of-the-year/sophie-morgan-cosmo-ultimate-campaigner
- ↑ "Our patrons - celebrity and VIP supporters - Disability Charity - Scope UK". Scope.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2015.