Aspiring model told she was 'too short' has her legs SURGICALLY lengthened so she can fulfil her dream of appearing on the catwalk

Alexandra Transer, 30, was told at 17 she was too short to be a model
Decided to spend £6,000 on leg extension surgery so she could grow taller
Surgery involves attaching a cage to legs and stretching them daily
Grew 6cm (2.4 inches) in nine months and aims to be 6ft (183 cm) by 2018
'I'll probably be too old to be a model then but at least I will look like one'

An aspiring model who was told she was too short for the catwalk spent has thousands of pounds having her legs surgically lengthened.

From the age of 14, Alexandra Transer from the city of Volgograd, in south-western Russia, wanted to be a model.

But being just 5.4ft (165cm) she was nowhere near the 6ft (183cm) needed.

So she decided to work and save up money to have radical surgery to make her legs longer

Alexandra Transer, from Russia, paid £6,000 for leg extension surgery because her 5'4" frame meant she was too short to be a model. Her legs grew by 6cm (2.4 inches) in nine months. She is pictured before (left) and after (right) the procedure

'But I had read about something called the Ilizarov apparatus which lengthens bones and that the Soviet high jump champion Valery Brumel had had this done in 1968.

'So I decided to work and save up money to have the operation done.
'Seeing that I was so determined, my parents gave in and agreed to support me.'

Turning down a place at university, Ms Transer, who is now 30, went to work as an assistant for her engineer father until she saved up the £6,000 needed.

The surgery involved surgically fracturing her legs and fitting a metal cage known as a ring apparatus to each leg.

As she recovered, the fractured bone began to grow together.

But while it was growing, Ms Transer had to turn a screw on each cage four times a day, moving the healing fracture apart by approximately one milimeter a day.

Over time, this meant her leg stretched by 6cm (2.4 inches).

She said: 'The first operation went really well and in nine months I grew by 6cm.

'I am now planning two more operations in the next couple of years and by 2018 I will be 6ft.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2942574/Aspsiring-model-told-short-legs-surgically-lengthened-fulfil-dream-appearing-catwalk.html

jeffizy:
While I commend her fighting spirit , I'm cringing at the thought of the pains and discomfort she will endure to achieve her dream.

Opiosko:

I guess her pain of being rejected is more than the physical pain.....

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iOmoge: