by bintangkecil on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 | News

Charla Nash, a 56-year-old Connecticut woman severely attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee on Feb. 16, appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” today.

During the interview, Nash willingly removed her veiled hat that normally covers her face to avoid scaring people, revealing her badly disfigured face to the public for the first time, according to the Hartford Courant.

The family of Nash has filed a lawsuit against the chimp’s owner, Nash’s longtime friend and employer, Sandra Herold. Her injuries were described in the lawsuit as “catastrophic”; she lost both hands and incurred “traumatic facial injury [including loss of her nose, upper and lower lips, eyelids and the bony structures in her mid-face].”

The attack Feb. 16 occurred outside Herold’s Stamford home, when Herold called Nash to help her shepherd the chimpanzee, Travis, back into her house. Police shot and killed the chimpanzee after he attacked Nash.

Watch a video of Charla Nash reveals her face on the Oprah show:

Here’s a picture of Charla Nash before the attack:

Charla Nash with the chimpanzee:

And Charla Nash after the attack …

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