“I've had people tell me I’m beautiful, and nobody ever told me I was beautiful before.”

—CHARLA NASH, who received a full-face transplant earlier this year, after surviving a vicious attack by a chimp in 2009 that left her without a face or hands. Nash was permanently blinded in the attack, so she can't see her own face, and relies on others' feedback about her appearance. A little girl recently said hello to Nash while she was out shopping with her brother, she recalled. "It was nice. The little girl was saying hi to me. ... I’m not scaring anybody," Nash said. [via Today]