Eva, 16, would avoid mirrors and dreaded leaving home after cruel youngsters branded her "a circus freak". Now her life has been transformed after five years and hundreds of dental visits.
She has also won £750 first prize in a competition called Against the Odds - run by the British Orthodontic Society to mark life-changing moments. Eva, who is taking a fashion course after scooping 11 GCSEs, said: "Sometimes it seemed like it would never end - but I'm really happy and confident now."
Proud mum Susan, of Nantwich, Cheshire, said: "She has been so brave. The bullying and name-calling was horrible. But she kept saying there were people much worse off than her." Classroom assistant Susan added: "All the work was done by the NHS. It shows how brilliant the system is - and we'd have been lost without it."
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