GIRL NICKNAMED JAWS BITES BACK AFTER SURGERY

A GIRL nicknamed JAWS by bullies who taunted her because of her underbite is em-bracing her new post-surgery life. Leanne Woodfull was teased and tormented throughout her teens by cruel girls who compared her to the James Bond baddie because of her massive jutting jaw. A brace that was fitted when she was aged 11 had left her with a huge underbite which attracted cruel comments throughout her school life. But after going under the knife for double jaw surgery, Leanne, now 20, takes it all on the chin.

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