trudie styler was born in bromsgrove, worcestershire, england, the daughter of pauline and harry styler, a farmer and factory worker. when styler was two years old, she was hit by a van. she received severe facial injuries that left her badly scarred and required several plastic surgery operations up until the age of 18. her classmates nicknamed her "scarface", which caused her to feel for many years that she was "not a very attractive person".