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Model Lauren Scruggs Finally Sees The Extent Of Her Injuries, 'It's Not That Bad'

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Dec. 9 2011, Published 3:00 p.m. ET

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By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

After being horrifically injured by a plane propeller, model and fashion blogger Lauren Scruggs has finally seen her disfigured face and bravely said she doesn't think it's "that bad."

"She looked at herself for the first time today in a mirror," said Lauren's father, Jeff Scruggs on Thursday, reported ABCNews.com.

"That was big. She looked and said, 'It's not that bad.' So that was really encouraging."

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Scruggs, 23, has been moved out of the intensive care unit at Dallas' Parkland Hospital but still does not remember anything about the horrific accident that resulted in the amputation of her left hand, extensive shoulder and brain damage, and could lead to the loss of sight in her left eye.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, the aspiring editor from Plano, Texas, who launched her own fashion site, LoloMag.com, had gotten off the two-seater 2011 Aviat Husky A-1C-180 aircraft at a private airport in McKinney, Texas, after enjoying a festive flight to look at Christmas lights and walked directly in front of the propeller.

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"Lauren is a little fighter," said her dad proudly. "The physical therapist will say do 10 of these, you know, raise your leg 10 times, or whatever, and she does 12. Or, you know, ta