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I'm going to be a princess when I grow up, I decided.
Settling for the next best thing, my parents Stephanie and Martin signed me up for ballet lessons when I was seven.
From my first pirouette, it was instant love.
At 14, I secured a spot in a program at the National College of Dance in Newcastle,