{"id":54854,"date":"2026-06-03T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=54854"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:18:14","slug":"not-for-the-weak-love-island-usas-beatriz-hatz-opens-up-about-living-with-prosthetic-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/06\/03\/not-for-the-weak-love-island-usas-beatriz-hatz-opens-up-about-living-with-prosthetic-leg\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Not for the weak’: Love Island USA’s Beatriz Hatz opens up about living with prosthetic leg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beatriz Hatz is joining the new cast of Love Island USA<\/a>, and has been really open about living with a prosthetic leg. She was born without a fibula in her right leg and had the limb amputated below the knee when she was just ten months old, and had 11 surgeries to walk.<\/p>\n

She was diagnosed with a rare congenital condition known as Fibular Hemimelia, and underwent surgery to straighten her knees. Since then, Beatriz has become a Paralympian, who competes in long jump and sprinting events at international track and field competitions.<\/p>\n

Beatriz is now making history as the first US islander with a physical impairment. She told Living With Amplitude<\/a>: \u201cThe kid in the lane next to me will kind of make a face like, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s the kid with one leg. I don\u2019t have to worry about her.’ I have to gain respect.”<\/p>\n

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