Woman amputates one 'ugly' leg and wears pants for the first time

Better none than 'ugly'. She said she had enjoyed a new life with her high-tech prosthesis limb.  

'I have literally never worn shorts or a dress in 20 years.' Kristy Wimberly, 32, from Missouri, has hidden her 'ugly' right leg for years because of shame and embarrassment. 

Her right leg has been stunted since six because the nerves connecting her spinal cord to her leg were damaged during surgeries to remove a rare spinal cord tumor.

Wimberly has endured 19 surgeries to try to adjust her leg but her right leg was two inches shorter and unable to walk without braces. She has been teased at school and hid her legs even in the depths of summer.  

What's more, Wimberly was confined to a wheelchair and afflicted by recurrent infections after surgeries. After all, she decided to amputate her sick leg in July 2017. She regains her confidence with her high-tech prosthetic limb. 'I'm so proud of it, and thankful for the new life it's given me.'

The mother of one like to wear skirts and shorts now. She is also pleased with the new way she connects with her daughter: 'I'm able to be so much more active with my daughter now.'

She added: 'Looking back at those photos of my 'ugly' leg I have absolutely no regrets. I couldn't keep doing what I was doing, living my life hiding.'

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors received Guinean citizenship after tracing their ancestry to the West African country through DNA testing.

The couple was awarded citizenship in a private ceremony in the capital of Conakry on Friday. They are scheduled to tour the country's tourist sites on Sunday.

“We think that you are among the worthy sons and daughters of this Guinea. You represent our country, the red-yellow-green flag all over the world,” said Djiba Diakité, head of the president's cabinet.

Majors seemed destined for the ranks of Hollywood’s A-list before he was arrested following a 2023 altercation with his then-girlfriend. He had won critical accolades for his work in “Da 5 Bloods” and “Lovecraft Country” and secured years of future Marvel stardom with his role as Kang the Conqueror. However, after his conviction on assault and harassment charges, Marvel dropped him from future projects, and “Magazine Dreams,” a film once tipped to bring him an Oscar nomination, went on ice until last year.

Good, an actor herself, began dating Majors in 2023, and was a constant presence at his trial in New York. They were engaged in 2024, and wed last year in a small, impromptu ceremony as he promoted “Magazine Dreams.”

Guinea is not the first country to award citizenship to descendents of enslaved people. Last year, U.S. singer Ciara became one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin.

Ghana last year naturalized 524 African Americans, after President Nana Akufo-Addo invited them to “come home” in 2019, as part of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in North America in 1619.

Guinea has been ruled by junta leader Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya since a 2021 coup. Last month, he was declared the winner of the presidential election after clamping down on opposition and dissents, leaving him with no major opponents.

Two Hollywood stars, Jonathan Majors, left, and Meagan Good, attend a private ceremony where they were awarded their Guinean citizenship in Conakry, Guinea, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/ Fode Toure)