Former ‘Big Brother’ Winner Going Blind

Regina “Reggie” Sorenson, the 2003 winner of Australian Big Brother, has a degenerative eye disease and is going blind.

The former chip shop owner found out about the delibitating disease – known as retinitis pigmentosa – just three weeks ago, and has been rapidly losing her eyesight since the diagnosis was made.

“I will go blind. I was devastated and so upset. I knew it was there, but now that it has gotten really bad… it has just really hit me,” Reggie told Woman’s Day magazine.

The 34-year-old added that she was now declared “legally blind,” and that her greatest fear was not being able to watch her daughter, 16-month-old Mia, grow up.

However, there may be hope for the one-time reality television star. Scientists in the U.K. are trailling an experimental gene therapy to combat the disease, and Reggie and her family are considering relocating to the United Kingdom so she can be included in the trials.

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