Heather Mills was born on January 12, 1968 in England to John Mills and Beatrice Mart Finlay. Heather was only nine when her mother left her family and moved away. Shortly after her father was convicted of fraud and taken to prison. Heather moved to London to live with her mother. As a teenager, Heather ran away from home and found herself homeless, but later reconciled with her mother. Her mother later died.
Heather began a modeling career in 1988. In August 1993, Mills was hit by a police motorcycle while crossing the road in London. Her injuries led to the amputation of her left leg, below the knee. Mills wears a prosthetic leg, which was taken off and shown during her 2002 interview with Larry King. In early 2007, she was one of the celebrity performers on Dancing with the Stars.
Mills abandoned her fiancé Chris Terrill a few days before the wedding when she met Paul McCartney. Paul and Heather married on June 11, 2002. On October 28, 2003, the couple had their first child together, Beatrice Milly McCartney. The couple then announced their separation on May 17, 2006.
Did you know...
- An interesting fact about Heather Mills is that all the money she earned on "Dancing With the Stars" went to VIVA.org.uk, "Vegetetarians International Voice for Animals".
- Another interesting fact about Mills is her legal name. Although she goes by simply "Heather Mills", actually, her legal name changed to "Lady Heather Mills McCartney after she married ex-Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney, in 2002.
- Here's another interesting fact about Heather Mills: She's a Vegan, meaning that she eats and uses no products that come from animals, is working on her new online company, "I Do Care." Her company will market organic beauty merchandise. It will also give her a forum for her activism. The website is scheduled to go live later in 2007.
- The last interesting fact about Mills is the main accomplishments she has done thus far. She is a United Nations Association's Goodwill Ambassador and an activist for "Adopt-a-Minefield." She also founded the "Heather Mills Health Trust" for amputees after he accident. In 1986, Mills founded a modeling agency called "ExSell". She is a Nobel Peace prize nominee, and she penned her autobiography, "A Single Step." Heather Mills donates the money to the "Adopt-a-Minefield" campaign.
