Natalie-Amber Freegard
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Image 1: A close up of Natalie-Amber with her hands in her long curly dark hair wearing a brown vest.
Image 2: Natalie is modeling brown underwear, stood in a studio. Her hair is dark, curly and long, she stands proudly, smiling with her scars visible on her stomach.
About Natalie
Ethnicity: Mixed Race (Black/white Caribbean)
Pronouns: She/Her
Location: London
Natalie-Amber, the first non-celebrity ambassador for Crohn’s and Colitis UK, overcame a seven-year misdiagnosis, being wrongly labelled anorexic due to her dance career. Her journey included blindness, sepsis, kidney failure, emergency surgeries, and living with a stoma, leaving her with a prominent abdominal scar. Following her stoma reversal, Natalie-Amber became a trailblazer for body acceptance and awareness, breaking stigmas surrounding visible and invisible disabilities.
She made history as the first scarred model for Pretty Little Thing and has graced campaigns for Sephora, House of Fraser, Skims and London Fashion Week. As host of Shapes and Sizes on BBC Wiltshire, she fostered open discussions about disability and body image. A passionate advocate for diversity, Natalie-Amber champions better representation and education, inspiring others to embrace their scars and differences with pride. Her resilience and dedication make her a powerful voice for change in both the fashion and disability communities.
Natalie speaks on a number of topics including:
Representation of women of colour with hidden disabilities
Body positivity and living with scars
Living with Crohn’s disease & stoma reversal awareness
ICU Haircare - caring for curly and afro-textured hair patients
Disability and media representation
Overcoming medical misdiagnosis
Misdiagnosis in women of colour
Raising awareness of hidden disabilities and IBD in the workplace
Coping with chronic fatigue, workplace/ everyday Life
Raising awareness of hidden disabilities & IBD within Schools (stop the stigma)
Achieving your fitness goals with hidden disabilities and chronic fatigue
Why fitness is crucial ( fitness is the only reason I survived the operating table)
View Natalie’s Spotlight page here.
A video of Natalie-Amber dancing to Britney Spears ‘Break the Ice’ in the rain. She wears a white halter neck bra top with denim hot pants and heels.
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Image 1: A candid portrait of Natalie-Amber caught mid belly laugh. Her eyes are closed and her head is tilted back. She’s wearing bright red lipstick and a white top.
Image 2: Natalie-Amber is sitting on the floor wearing an oversize, off the shoulder sweatshirt and red stilettos.
Recent Work
Speaker - AMV BBDO creative agency
Cannes Lions official Speaker 2025
Buzz Feed x Independent Gov Campaign
Pretty little thing Unfiltered Swim Campaign
Women’s Best Campaign shoot (for website)
Unhidden London Fashion week 2025
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Image 1: Natalie-Amber is wearing a green suit and squatting on point in ballet shoes.
