Kelly Knox (born 1984) is a British fashion model represented by Zebedee Management. She has been voted one of the most influential disabled people in the UK, and is one of the few fashion models in the world with a physical disability. Knox became one of the first models with a disability to star at London Fashion Week in 2017. Early life Kelly Knox was born in Enfield, North London and raised in both Enfield and Poplar, East London. She was born without a left forearm but, from the age of seven, refused to wear a prosthetic arm and since then has never used a prosthesis. Career In 2008, she was the winner of the BBC Three Reality TV show, Britain's Missing Top Model. One of eight disabled women contestants, among her competitors were two deaf women, a wheelchair user and a woman with one leg. As the winner of Britain's Missing Top Model, she won a photoshoot with top fashion photographer, Rankin, and a feature in Marie Claire magazine. Unlike Britain's Next Top Model, a modelling contract was not part of the prize, but she was offered an introduction to Take 2 Models (London) who signed her after the show but shortly after went into administration. In September 2016, Knox was signed to a major agency - MiLK Management. Television Knox has featured in two series of Gok Wan's How to Look Good Naked television series. She has also appeared on television in Celebrity Ready Steady Cook with Jonathan Phang, and has modelled and been interviewed on This Morning and BBC Breakfast. In 2013, she starred as a lead actress in the second series of Channel 4's hidden camera series I'm Spazticus, that seeks to change perceptions of disabilities. In 2020, she appeared as a celebrity judge on the second episode of Sky TV's Rankin's 2020, in his search for the best photographers, capturing the spirit of that extraordinary year in pictures taken by members of the public. Modelling She has modelled in catwalk shows such as London Fashion Week and in September 2016, she walked on Carrie Hammer's runway as part of New York Fashion Week., and walked in the 'Trends for 2013 Fashion Show' for Procter & Gamble Beauty 'Vision House' in Beijing. She has featured in advertising campaigns for VO5 and Samsung. Knox continued to break fashion barriers in 'Tenk Nytt' or 'Think New' advertising campaign