Kristin Hallenga (born 11 November 1985) is a

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columnist and founder of breast cancer awareness charity

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. She received public attention after being profiled in Kris: Dying to Live, a documentary that covered her experience when she had terminal breast cancer. In 2009, she won a Pride of Britain Award.YouTube, Kristin Hallenga receiving a Pride of Britain Award, 2009
Retrieved - 8 June 2015 In November 2014, Kris was featured as a special guest on

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where she famously threw a dodgeball boob into the comedians face and talked about her charity and experiences.BBC, Kris: Dying to live
Retrieved - 8 June 2015 Her memoir, ''Glittering a Turd'', was published in 2021 and became the

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bestseller.

Breast cancer diagnosis

Hallenga was diagnosed with

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at the age of 23. Her doctor originally dismissed a tumor on Hallenga’s breast as "hormonal" leading to a late diagnosis. Due to this, she now lives with stage four breast cancer. Despite Hallenga’s cancer having spread to her liver and her bones, and having had a lesion on her brain,YouTube, Kris Hallenga talks about The C Word (Breakfast, 3.5.15)
Retrieved - 8 June 2015 she has survived her original prognosis by having terminal cancer for over five years.YouTube, Cancerversary: What's it like to survive the prognosis -- Newsnight Extra'
Retrieved - 8 June 2015 Hallenga’s condition is stable, and the cancer has not been progressing since 2018.

CoppaFeel!

Driven by the difficult experience, Kristin Hallenga and her sister Maren devoted themselves to educating young people about the dangers of late diagnosis of breast cancer. They launched

CoppaFeel! CoppaFeel! is a breast cancer awareness charity, based in London.

, a breast cancer awareness charity, at

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in 2009.The Independent, 'I never ask my doctor how long I've got': 23-year-old Kristin Hallenga's health crusade to warn women about risks of breast cancer
Retrieved - 8 June 2015 The charity receives frequent media coverage. In 2017, she stepped aside as CEO of CoppaFeel! – Natalie Haskell took her place in running the charity – to move to Cornwall, and write a memoir.

References

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