厳密に Come Dancing 星／主役にする Amy Dowden has paid a heartbreaking 尊敬の印 to CoppaFeel 創立者 Kris Hallenga after she died from breast 癌 老年の 38.?
The Welsh 厳密に プロの／賛成の, 33, was 診断するd with 行う／開催する／段階 three breast 癌 in May 2023, 明らかにする／漏らすing earlier this year that her 最新の 癌?check-up showed 'no 証拠' of the 病気.?
Touching photos show Amy taking part in the Pembrokeshire trek which raised thousands for women with breast 癌.?
The ダンサー 明らかにする／漏らすd it was not until she went on the trek that she realised - thanks to Kris's charity CoppaFeel - that she should be checking her breasts for 調印するs of 癌.?
Kris died after 15 years of living with the 病気, having been 診断するd in 2009 老年の 23 and given a life 見込み of two years.?Her charity taught a 世代 of women how to make sure breast 癌 is 診断するd 早期に and 正確に.
Speaking on the Lorraine show today, Amy said:?'I did the Pembrokeshire trek and it was on that trek [that] I was speaking to the most wonderful trekers. I realised I'm here, advertising, raising 認識／意識性 to check yourselves and I don't even check myself.?
'So from that trek, I started to check myself and just a few months later, I 設立する my lump. And so if it wasn't for CoppaFeel, if it wasn't for Kris, I probably wouldn't be sat here 権利 now.'?
Photos show Amy Dowden (left) taking part in the Pembrokeshire trek which raised thousands for women with breast 癌
Amy appeared on the Lorraine show to 支払う／賃金 a heartbreaking 尊敬の印 to CoppaFeel 創立者 Kris Hallenga?
Kris Hallenga, 38, (pictured)?has died after 15 years of living with 第２位 breast 癌?
Before her death, Kris 明らかにする／漏らすd she was 動機づけるd to start CoppaFeel after 存在 '混乱させるd and baffled' when 診断するd with the 病気.?
'I kept thinking this is b*******. Why didn't anyone tell me to check my boobs? Why didn't I know?I could get breast 癌 at 23??I'm pretty sure my friends don't know either, and if 非，不，無 of us do then literally no young person in this country f****** knows this secret. This needs to change. And I got this wave of energy,' she told the 後見人 in 2021.
After her diagnosis in 2009, Kris 設立するd CoppaFeel with her twin sister Maren, and watched the charity grow to become the third most recognised 癌 charity in the UK.?
In a 声明 about her death, CoppaFeel said yesterday:?'We 株 the sad news that our 創立者, boob 長，指導者, 同僚, friend and queen of glittering turds, Kris, has died.
'Kris approached life in a creative, fun and fearless way, showing us that it is possible to live life to the 十分な with 癌.'
CoppaFeel has a 抱擁する に引き続いて on social マスコミ and encourages woman to check their breasts for 調印するs of 癌.
Kris is the best-selling author of Glittering A Turd, a 調書をとる／予約する which 詳細（に述べる）s how she discovered her life after 存在 told she would die.
In its 声明, CoppaFeel 追加するd: 'In 2009 Kris was 診断するd with 第２位 breast 癌 at the age of 23, after 存在 turned away from her GP for over a year.
Kris (権利) told how she 設立するd charity CoppaFeel with her twin sister Maren (left) because she was never told how to check for breast 癌
The 選挙運動者 was first 診断するd in 2009 with incurable 第２位 breast 癌 and given a life 見込み of just two years
Kris made a conscious 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 直面する her illness 長，率いる-on and 掴む every 適切な時期?
Kris is the best-selling author of Glittering A Turd, seen here with an advert for her 調書をとる／予約する which 詳細（に述べる）s how she discovered her life after 存在 told she would die
'By the time she was 診断するd, it was 終点. Kris' ambition was for no one else to find themselves in her position and so CoppaFeel! was born, to 確実にする breast 癌s are 診断するd 早期に and 正確に.
'Kris has reached millions of people with her message of health advocacy and empowerment, 首尾よく （選挙などの）運動をするd for 癌 education to be 含むd in the school curriculum, won the Women of the Year 優れた Young 選挙運動者 award, received an 名誉として与えられる 博士号 in Public 行政 from Nottingham Trent University and wrote a Times Best Selling 調書をとる／予約する: Glittering a Turd.
'Kris' life 使節団 was that CoppaFeel! would no longer need to 存在する, with late diagnosis of breast 癌 時代 dicated in her lifetime. We are committed to continuing Kris' 遺産／遺物, to 確実にする that everyone has the best chance of living a happy and healthy life. If you'd like to support this 使節団, you can 寄付する here.'
The charity 追加するd: 'For 15 years Kris had been living with 第２位 breast 癌. She hasn't lost a 戦う／戦い, she wasn't in a fight and she certainly wouldn't want you to see her death as 悲劇の. She was 簡単に living. She was 38 and died with fulfilment and a heart 十分な of love.
Kris' family have one request ? for peace and privacy to 許す them the time and space needed to 過程 Kris' death. We would like to thank our community for your love and messages of support and kindly ask that you 尊敬（する）・点 the family's wishes at this time.
'Please remember the amazing life Kris led and the things she 達成するd, but above all else honour her memory by checking your chest…it could just save your life.
'信用 your 団体／死体, believe in hope, leave room for 奇蹟s.' Kris Hallenga.
'With love from all at CoppaFeel! HQ x.'
