However, there was to be a minor stumbling block: the fact that I have a disfigurement.
According to the charity, one in 500 children has a significant disfigurement, while one in 100 has some form of visible difference such as a birthmark or scar.
From the one-armed presenter Cerrie Burnell joining CBeebies to James Partridge – who has a facial disfigurement – reading the lunchtime news on Five, disability in the media has itself been the subject of intense media interest in 2009.
"Not to downplay the difficulties of having a facial disfigurement, but one can live a long life and be disfigured," said Stuart G. Finder, director of the Center for Healthcare Ethics at Cedars-Sinai MedicaLos Angeles Los Angeles.
He has a physical disability with many disfigurements and illnesses due to "centuries of inbreeding".
Sarah Atwell, 17, of Windsor, Canada, has a form of neurofibromatosis that has caused facial disfigurement since she was eight months old.
Frequently the hero himself has a number of personality deficiencies, but these tend to be overshadowed by the utter moral disfigurement of his adversaries.
Now, after a horrible bout of disfigurement at the hands of her husband and a trying recovery, she has a message for the women of the world.
Facial disfigurement is often experienced by head and neck cancer (HNC) patients following surgery and has a significant impact on their quality of life (QOL).
Angele's former boyfriend, Jacques Jacques Bonnaffee), has a few small scars on one side of his face, yet other characters treat him as if he were the Elephant Man, and it is assumed that his mild disfigurement has damned him to a life of sorrow and solitude.
