When I stepped into the world of modelling I was just 19 years old, I’d recently won a competition to be a model for the day in London, from there it just took off, I started building a portfolio, working with local camera clubs and was soon a signed resident model at a local photography studio.

This all fit nicely around my full time job as a lifeguard, travelling to London after my shifts and on weekends kept me busy, also as a dancer and swimmer my training kept me very active!

Even though emotionally and mentally I was very anxious and shy, because I was so physically fit it helped with my body confidence, I’ve never been shy about nudity; in fact I embraced how beautiful the female body is and used it to my advantage.

I worked to Art Nude creating different shapes with my body, using the curves god gave me and the emotion from my dance training to create works of art, I loved it, and to me every photo tells a story.

But when I started to explore more fashion castings, I was met with some mixed feedback, I was told on one casting my 5’4 curves were not suitable for fashion work, and on another I was literally told I had to loose a few pounds! I was a size 10….

This was when my body confidence was taken, I started restricting my foods, convinced myself that I needed to lose weight, constantly watched the fashion channel on TV wishing I could be as tall and thin as the runway models and really became a shadow of myself, this lead to an eating disorder, I would work out everyday multiple times a day then faint from hunger and exhaustion.

Thankfully though this didn’t last long, I got myself better and found a new love in the form of Glamour/Pin Up modelling.

I found with Pin up especially I could really embrace my curves, in fact it was something the photographers looked for, I spent many years in this genre which took me overseas to America and Spain for shoots, got internationally published in Pin up magazines, it even paved the way into acting roles in Music videos, Film and TV work.

Years went by and I’d all but given up on any dreams of getting into the fashion world, I started doing more dance and music style shoots as I was trying to get my music career up and running, then 2024 hit me with a bang, I started to lose my mobility and after a stay in hospital was diagnosed with a connective tissue disorder called Hyper Mobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

Now I’d really hit rock bottom, everything I’d worked for, everything I’d learnt, my dancing, my singing, my modelling career…all gone…or so I’d thought.

Finding DL Models was the biggest blessing, not only am I continuing to model, but I’m modelling for fashion brands, walking/wheeling runway shows, and trying to change the way fashion is represented.

It’s a truly humbling moment when you go from being abled to disabled; I will never take anything for granted again.

It’s made me look at things differently, and I have a whole new look on life now, focusing on body confidence as a wheelchair user, I want to be seen as someone who represents diversity and sexual expression, why can’t a wheelchair user look glamorous and confident rocking the new Victoria Secret range? WE CAN!!