Scots supermodel Kirsty Hume reveals she is battling heart condition

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Scots supermodel Kirsty Hume is battling a heart condition.Hume, who modelled for Dior, Givenchy, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Armani and Versace among others at the height of her career, said she had been on a “healing journey” for a year since discovering her health issue.She told her followers on Instagram: “At first I thought (it) may require heart surgery.“I had never had anything come up with my heart before so finding out about this came as a complete surprise.“I had never given my heart more than a moments thought and took for granted all that it does… beating every moment, every day of my life, for all that it feels, for all of the love that it holds.”Did you know you can keep up to date with the latest news by signing up to our daily newsletter?We send a morning and lunchtime newsletter covering the latest headlines every day.We also send coronavirus updates at 5pm on weekdays, and a round up of the week's must-read stories on Sunday afternoons.Signing up is simple, easy and free.You can pop your email address into the sign up box above, hit Subscribe and we'll do the rest.Alternatively, you can sign up and check out the rest of our newsletters here.But the model, from Ayr, continued: “In a moment, everything that is truly important became crystal clear, gratitude for my life, for this moment… because it’s all we really have.“I felt a calm quietness within myself and more present in my heart that I had ever done before.“I decided that no matter what happened, I would choose to see this new knowledge as a gift, a gift to know now and make life choices that support my heart, a gift to have brought into focus what is truly important and what I really want for my life, to let go of anything that