To be a model you first have to win the genetic lottery, Jade Power acknowledges.The former beauty queen has had a successful career thanks largely to her 5ft 10in frame, endless legs, show-stopping hair and DD bust. ‘My mum did pass on some great things to me. I was definitely blessed,’ jokes Jade, 29. Her two older sisters, Donna and Claire, didn’t get the height, but they, too, got the shapely figures and great hair.‘The hair was our thing,’ nods Donna, 40, the middle sister. Note the use of ‘was’. For in the past two years the sisters, from Sussex, have been learning some harsh lessons about that genetic lottery. Today, Donna is wearing a wig, the legacy of chemotherapy so brutal she thought she was going to die. Power sisters battle cancer: Lingerie model Jade Power (centre) with her sisters Donna (left) and Claire (right).Donna has been diagnosed with breast cancer.Lingerie model Jade has the cancer gene and has opted for a double mastectomy even though she is healthy. Claire is cancer free and does not have the gene but is racked with guilt Jade’s glorious bust? It’s no longer the real deal, but a reconstruction completed after she […]
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