Vicky Balch, Student Who Lost Leg In Alton Towers Crash, To Become A Model

Alton Towers Amputee Vicky Balch Has Been Offered An Amazing New Career
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Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, has been offered a modelling job.

The 20-year-old has been approached by Models of Diversity and will make her debut alongside transgender boxing promoter, Kellie Maloney, on October 3 in Shepherd’s Bush Market.

Ambassador for the agency, Sarah O’Rourke, said she was "really inspirational", reports The Mirror.

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Balch before the crash

Balch had her leg amputated above the knee after the crash and earlier this week spoke of her ordeal.

She told the Victoria Derbyshire programme: "After the third operation it was looking good - I thought I might be able to walk again.

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Victoria Balch on the programme

"But the bad news came before my seventh operation, by which time I was exhausted. I had spent so much time asleep.

"My mum noticed something going on with my leg. I had stopped being able to move as well, and people started needing to help me move around again. The leg was so painful that I couldn't do anything with it."

Her right leg had become infected and needed amputating, with more surgery following to extend the amputation to above the knee.

But Balch described the operation as "like a burden had been taken away".

Balch was just one of the victims of the June crash, which also left Leah Washington needing an amputation, while Joe Pugh has had to have extensive therapy on his shattered knee.

The University of Derby student is graduating in November and aims to be able to walk with a crutch and a prosthetic leg.

"I just want a leg so at graduation I can say 'look how far I've come'," she said.