The 42-year-old charity campaigner and former model, who lost part of her left leg when she was hit by a police motorcycle in 1993, competed in hit television show Dancing on Ice last year.

She said she participated in order to support charities she frequently donates to and to show that disabled people can do more than people think.

Mills has said "it would be phenomenal" for her to compete in Russia and David Chugg, team manager of the British Disability Ski Team (BDST), revealed she has displayed clear levels of talent.

Chugg told insideworldparasport: "Heather Mills has made clear her ambition to represent Great Britain in adaptive ski racing and approached the British Disabled Ski Team to try out for our development squad.

"At a recent assessment on an indoor ski slope, she demonstrated that she responds well to coaching and is capable of adapting her skiing in response to coaching direction.

"Therefore, we have offered her a place on the adult development squad of the British Disabled Ski Team for a trial period.

"During this trial period she will have the opportunity to develop her skills and follow a set programme both inside and outside of our squad setting.

"This will allow us to judge her progression from her current standard of being a very good recreational skier towards becoming a racer.

"At the end of that trial period we will make a further assessment based on how far she has improved and on her comparative performance with established racers and other development skiers."

Chugg added that despite her celebrity status Mills will not receive any special treatment.

"When working with our squads, Heather will be treated the same as any other team member in terms of our expectations on and off the slope, but will also be able to work hard with personal coaching when away from the squads.

"Heather is only at the first stage of a journey that we hope will lead to her becoming a full squad member.

"We look forward to supporting her progression."

Mills said: "If I managed to compete, it would be phenomenal - very inspiring for all the kids that I counsel.

"They didn't believe they could do anything and now they are trying ice skating and rollerblading and biking and swimming, which is wonderful.

"Having loved sport my whole life, competing in a Paralympics would be a dream come true."

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