Sophie Morgan
| Sophie Morgan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sophia Louise Morgan 24 February 1985 Crowborough, East Sussex |
| Residence | London |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Website | sophiemorgan |
Sophie Morgan (born 1985), is a British television presenter, artist, model, former reality television contestant, and entrepreneur. Morgan suffered a T6 spinal cord injury in a road traffic accident in 2003, resulting in paralysis from the chest down. In 2016, she was a lead presenter for Channel 4's TV coverage of the Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Morgan was born near Crowborough,East Sussex, in 1985. Her father is a wine broker and her mother held various positions as a nurse, gundog trainer and air stewardess. Morgan was educated at Cumnor House School, South Croydon, and at Gordonstoun school in Moray, Scotland.
In August 2003, Morgan was driving 4 school friends between A-level results parties near to their school in Scotland. At around 4 am, after leaving a party being hosted by her friend Heather Stanning, Morgan lost control of the borrowed Clio Renault Sport car that she was driving and crashed off the road and into an adjacent field, not far from the entrance to RAF Lossiemouth. While her friends suffered only minor injuries, she was trapped underneath the car, which had rolled and landed on its side. Her injuries included a fractured skull, jaw, nose, collarbone and back, with a spinal injury at the T6 level. Although sober, Morgan accepted that the accident was her responsibility due to her inexperience – she had passed her driving test only 6 months earlier – and careless driving. She said: "I wasn't drunk, I was just driving like an idiot."
Prior to the accident, Morgan had planned to study Law at the University of Manchester. Having returned to live with her parents in Brighton, she instead opted to study Art at City College Brighton & Hove and completed a Fine Arts degree at Goldsmiths, University of London, leading to work as a portrait artist.
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