Sophie Delezio tells New Idea magazine: ‘The bullies won’t win’

SOPHIE Delezio just celebrated her 14th birthday and has told New Idea magazine of her love of life and resilience in the face of bullies.

THE brave little girl who survived horrific burns after a car exploded in her daycare centre is now all grown up and stronger than ever.

Sophie Delezio just celebrated her 14th birthday and has told New Idea magazine of her love of life and resilience in the face of bullies

“People can be bitchy — sometimes it’s totally Gossip Girl — but I don’t really care about it. That’s more their problem than mine,” she said. “The bullies won’t win.”

Sophie talks of her desire to become an actor and how she’d like to row for Australia at the Paralympics and if her willpower is anything to go by, we’re sure she’ll get there.

“Sophie lives life to the fullest, more than most able-bodied people, and that’s one of the things I find amazing,” said her father Ron, 61.

It’s a heartwarming sign that someone who has been through so much can have such a positive outlook on life.

It is 12 years since Sophie suffered third-degree burns to 85 per cent of her body after a car slammed into her Sydney childcare centre, only to be struck again in 2006 at a pedestrian crossing.

Sophie Delezio says ‘the bullies won’t win’.

The story is out in today’s New Idea.

Sophie Delezio, pictured with her parents, has a passion for rowing.

It is 12 years since Sophie suffered third-degree burns to 85 per cent of her body.