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Alton Towers crash victim Vicky Balch was so overcome with emotion after seeing pictures of her racy photoshoot she "cried".

In a quest to regain her body confidence after the horrific crash on The Smiler rollercoaster where she lost part of her right leg, Vicky decided to pose in her underwear.

The 21-year-old beauty spoke with Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford on This Morning about her decision as they questioned why doing the sexy shoot would help her recovery process.

"It helped because I've always been confident about myself and my body," she said. "When it was the accident I had put a bit of weight on and then I just lost it all and I've kind of been up and down.

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(Image: andrewwoodphotography.co.uk/Sunday Mirror)

"I lost all my confidence with myself and I didn't feel beautiful or sexy, I never thought I'd feel that again, " she added, "I just wanted to feel how I used to feel again."

The moment she saw the results of the glamorous boudoir shoot she confessed she broke down in tears because she never thought she "would look sexy again".

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"I cried my eyes out. I was amazed, I didn't think I would ever look like that again. I saw it and straight away I saw the first picture and I was just in tears.

"I just feel a lot better about myself, I'm a lot more confident. I'll wear little dresses now where as before I would put it on and just think no and take it straight off."

Her appearance on This Morning comes after her interview with the Sunday Mirror where she explained that she didn't want the aftermath of the crash to define her .

Her prosthetic limb gave her mobility again, but it could never heal her ­shattered self-confidence. These are the pictures that did just that.

(Image: andrewwoodphotography.co.uk/Sunday Mirror)

(Image: andrewwoodphotography.co.uk/Sunday Mirror)

“Doing it wasn’t an easy decision,” says Vicky who was given the boudoir shoot as a birthday present by her best friend Hanna. “I was close to cancelling. I wasn’t sure I’d ever look nice in lingerie again.

“I hadn’t worn sexy underwear since the accident. Before then, I felt quite good in lingerie and I’d always get compliments about my bum.”

She took her bionic leg along. “It’s become a support to me mentally as well as physically,” she said. “Though I wasn’t sure how it would look in stockings and suspenders.

“But when we started to shoot, I ­realised I felt better with it off. And the photographer was great. She encouraged me to get into lots of different poses.

(Image: andrewwoodphotography.co.uk/Sunday Mirror)

“I feel it made the pictures look much more natural, too. It was a positive turn when I least expected it. I went from wanting to prove to the world I could still be sexy to really believing it myself. I can’t describe that feeling.

“And I could never have imagined just how much I’d love the finished result. I could barely see for the tears in my eyes. Nursery

. But this isn’t just about sexiness. It’s about strength, survival and self-esteem.”

* This Morning is on weekdays, ITV at 10.30am