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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Zara Woodcock

AJ Pritchard's girlfriend Abbie Quinnen wows on first red carpet since horror accident

AJ Pritchard's girlfriend Abbie Quinnen looked phenomenal at her first red carpet event since her horror fire accident.

The dancer, 24, and former Strictly Come Dancing star AJ, 26, looked like royalty as they attended Darcey Bussell's British Ballet Charity Gala on Thursday.

She was all smiles as she rocked a black long-sleeved sequinned dress, which she accessorised with an equally sequinned purse.

Meanwhile, AJ looked suave in a classic black tuxedo.

Her attendance at the event comes after Abbie was rushed to hospital after an Instagram stunt involving a flame rope and a wine bottle went extremely wrong.

Abbie Quinnen looked stunning at the charity gala with her boyfriend AJ Pritchard (Dave Benett/Getty Images)

She was left with third-degree burns all over her face, arm and torso.

The incident happened in January and she has been on the road to recovery ever since.

She told The Sun at the time: "My face was burning hot, it felt very painful. I was lucky it missed my eye.

"I had massive blisters filled with water on my chest, neck and face and they had to pop them and clean the areas...

The dancer wore a sequined black dress (Dave Benett/Getty Images)
She was left with third-degree burns after a horrific video hack went wrong (ITV)

"My face swelled up. I couldn’t see out of my right eye.

"Luckily, there were no mirrors in the bathrooms but I kept glimpsing my reflection in my phone screen, it was horrific."

Abbie needed three skin grafts and 20 more hospital visits to treat her wounds.

She recently revealed she has to wear a compression vest 23 hours a day.

She shared a snap of the dress she felt most comfortable in (James Warren/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock)

Abbie shared a sweet snap of her and AJ out on a date and wrote about the clothes she feels comfortable in.

In a post on Instagram, she shared a picture of her dress and said: "There's only a few things I feel comfortable wearing at the moment and this dress is one of them.

"Definitely am finding it hard to find what to wear at the moment as I have to wear a compression vest 23 hours a day under my clothes and keep my scars out of the sun.

"I'm always panicking about what I'm going to wear before I leave the house so it's always so lovely to get so many compliments from you all about what I'm wearing! Thank you."

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