Jacqueline Saburido
Jacqueline Saburido Jacqueline Saburido ( Spanish pronunciation: [xakeˈline saβuˈɾiðo] ; 20 December 1978 – 20 April 2019) was a Venezuelan activist and burn survivor who campaigned against drunk driving . After a car crash in 1999 Saburido received burns on 60% of her body; she went on to appear in drunk-driving ads and was twice a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show . She also unsuccessfully tried to become Britain 's first face transplant patient. Early life and accident [ edit ] The only child of Rosalia and Amadeo Saburido, she lived in Caracas, Venezuela for all of her childhood. [1] Living with her father after her parents divorced , she studied engineering in the hope of taking over the family air conditioning business. [2] On 19 September 1999, Saburido attended a birthday party near Austin, Texas . She and her friends left after a few hours, and accepted a ride home from a classm...