London, England (CNN) — Recently named London’s "It Girl" by society magazine Vanity Fair, 18-year-old Jazzy de Lisser is said to have it all. She is beautiful and affluent, her best friends include Sting’s daughter, Coco Sumner, and she is often compared to another famous British trend-setter, Kate Moss.

Yet underneath the glitz and glamour of a privileged lifestyle, de Lisser has fought a lifelong battle with what is termed the "silent killer" — Hepatitis C — an infectious blood-borne virus that attacks and scars the liver.

The virus is usually passed on through sexual contact or drug use, but in de Lisser’s case, she got it from her mother, at birth.

At the age of three, blood tests revealed that de Lisser’s mother — fashion designer Serena Bute — had unknowingly passed on the deadly disease to her daughter.