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Heather Anne Mills (born 12 January1968) is an English charity campaigner and former model, and the ex-wife of musician Paul McCartney. Mills was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, to John "Mark" Francis Mills (a British ex-paratrooper) and his wife, Beatrice Mary Finlay; the daughter of a colonel in the British Army. Mills has an older brother, Shane, a younger sister, Fiona, and a half-sister, Claire.Mills started her own model agency in 1986, and married Alfie Karmal on 6 May1989, but was divorced in 1991. Mills was living with a ski instructor in Croatia in 1990, just before the Croatian War started, later organising supplies for Croatia, and accepting modelling assignments in Austria to pay for the trip. In 1993, Mills was knocked down by a police motorbike and suffered serious injuries; losing her left leg 6 inches below the knee. She sold her story to the News of the World, using the proceeds to establish the Heather Mills Health Trust, which recycles discarded prosthetic limbs.Mills met McCartney at a Pride of Britain charity event, and were married on 11 June2002. Mills gave birth to Beatrice Milly McCartney on 28 October2003, but separated from McCartney in 2006, which led to a highly publicised divorce. Mills was awarded £24.3 million in a court settlement on 17 March2008, receiving much negative media coverage in the UK. Mills is a supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) a patron of Viva!, and the Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation. Mills is a former Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations AssociationAdopt-A-Minefield programme, and vice-president of the Limbless Association. She continues to work on behalf of numerous campaigns, including aid for amputees, animal rights, and for the banning of landmines. >> By WikiPedia
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