Amy Dowden: I was jealous when I saw people share 2023 highlights
Amy Dowden has said she felt “jealous” when she saw people sharing their highlights of 2023, after she battled through a year with a mastectomy, chemotherapy and fertility treatment.
The professional dancer, who joined Strictly in 2017, announced she had been diagnosed with stage three cancer in May after finding a lump in her breast in April, the day before going to the Maldives on her honeymoon with fellow professional dancer Ben Jones.
Dowden, who is from Caerphilly, but runs a dance school in Cradley in Dudley, missed out on competing on the show this year because of her treatment, and a planned dance about her cancer treatment had to be shelved after she broke her foot.
However, she did make an appearance during the final to take part in a dance while still in her boot as her foot heals.
