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Modelling at 16 ‘saved’ Lisa Faulkner after mum’s ‘horrendous’ death: ‘We didn’t think she was going to die’

Lisa Faulkner was just 16 when her mum died from throat cancer. Her modelling career began around the same time, and "saved" her.

Actress, presenter and TV chef Lisa Faulkner was just 16 years old when she lost her mum to throat cancer. A talent scout approached her while she was waiting on the Tube station platform for a train to take her to Royal Marsden Hospital to see her mum. Modelling helped ground her during her bereavement following her mum’s death from cancer (Credit: Cover Images) Still, “there’s no getting over grief”, Lisa told Top Santé magazine in 2023, but she did realise she needed to “get on” with her own life.

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