Lauren Scruggs

Lauren Scruggs Kennedy is an American fashion blogger, and author. She received international media attention after a December 3, 2011 incident in which Scruggs accidentally walked into an airplane's spinning propeller, losing her left eye and severing her left hand after exiting the plane in the dark, following a flight to view Christmas lights in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.[1]

On August 9, 2012, Scruggs made her first public appearance following the accident where she was interviewed on NBC's Today show.[2][3]

On May 30, 2014, it was announced that Scruggs became engaged to television personality Jason Kennedy.[4] Scruggs is a Christian.[5] The couple were married on December 12, 2014.[6][7]

Her first book, Still Lolo: A Spinning Propeller, a Horrific Accident, and a Family's Journey of Hope, was published in 2012 and her second book, Your Beautiful Heart, was released in March 2015. She is founder of the Lauren Scruggs Kennedy Foundation, which provides women in need with high-quality prostheses.[8]

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