Teen from Ecuador returnes to Utah for fitting of prostheses - Standard-Examiner

Victoria, of Guyaquil, Ecuador, is in Utah for three weeks, getting fitted for three prosthetic limbs at Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Victoria lost both her arms and a leg when she was 6. A metal pole she was playing with outside her home in Ecuador's largest city accidentally came into contact with a high-voltage electric wire.

She was first fitted for the prosthetics in January 2006 and has returned several times as she grows and the limbs need to be refitted or replaced.

While getting fitted for one of her arms this week, Victoria explained that in many ways, she is just like any other girl her age -- she loves pop music and has a crush on American teen heartthrob Zach Efron, even joking she wants to invite him to be her date for her quinceanera.

Victoria also plans to go to college after graduating from high school, but doesn't yet know what she wants to do for her career.

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• Ecuador
• Victoria Salcedo Portocarrero
• Shriners Hospital for Children
• Amputee
• Teen
• Prosthetics
• Standard Examiner

[1gmarquez]

beautiful young girl, its sad that one mistake of touching the power line, krazy.... please don't let her get involved with that crazy lds church..

[waldohopkins]

What an amazing young woman! Shriner's is a fantastic place too. My son is a reciepent of their kindness too.

[WQ673]

Now she is a nice girl, and she will grow up to a very nice lady. Very sad she is so mutch hurt. With this armprotheses, we are seeing here now, she would not can do mutch work. She must get two hooks and train with this hooks till she would be so well like the American geologist (to see also here by Your Tube).

[jukio02]

holy shit!

[goldboyjr]

Wow....