  urlLink Guardian Unlimited | Arts news | Pregnant and proud: statue of artist wins place in Trafalgar Square : "Ms Lapper's portrait was described as 'a celebration of the human spirit on a very large scale'. She is on holiday in South Africa with her son Parys, the bump in the portrait, and was unable to attend last night's ceremony. But she sent an exultant message: 'I regard it as a modern tribute to femininity, disability and motherhood. It is so rare to see disability in everyday life - let alone naked, pregnant and proud. ' Ms Lapper is an artist herself, who was born in 1965 with no arms and very short legs, the result of a congenital disorder called phocomelia. " 
