A MUM-of-three says her kids were embarrassed by her lingerie snaps but have since changed their minds for a key reason.
Kylie Gill, now 34, became a mum when she was 17, had two kids by the time she was 18 and had her third when she was 21.
She’s dreamed of becoming a professional model and is entering the final of the Top Model 2023 which is held in London later this year.
Kylie, from Merstham in Surrey, had got married when she was 19 but got divorced at 23.
With becoming a single mum she feared that would put an end to her hopes but despite the difficulties she has started to make her dream a reality.
She began modelling on a part-time basis eight years ago and quickly found success.
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Kylie was featured on the front cover of Babe Watch magazine and was a finalist at the UK calendar girls competition in 2021, Surrey Live reports.
While she attained some success, Kylie considered giving up having become demoralised she may never achieve being a full-time model.
Kylie is currently working as an accounts assistant for a roofing company but hopes the Top Model competition in September can finally launch her career after a long struggle.
She explained that she and her husband split up just two weeks before her son was due to be born, adding that year was probably the hardest year of her life as she had to look after a newborn as well as deal with the break up.
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Fortunately though, she said that over the years she is now “really good friends” with her ex and they put the kids first.
Her modelling career first took off in 2018 but slowed down because “I didn’t know where to go or how to get modelling jobs” and she considered giving it all up.
Kylie said: “Then I saw this Top Model competition and things are starting to look up again. It gave me that push to keep going, I’m 34 now but I still think as a model I’ve still got a few years left.”
Nowadays, her three children – Hayley, 16, Cassy, 15, and Kaynen, 11 – are fully supportive of her career.
That wasn’t always the case though as her daughters were mildly embarrassed by her lingerie modelling she used to post to her 5,000 followers on Instagram.
Luckily though, with Kylie’s move towards more fashion modelling any embarrassment has faded away and they are totally behind their mum.
Kylie now has her sights set on winning the over 25 award at the Top Model competition, saying success would mean a “massive achievement” for her.
In the last competition she entered, she was left in tears after hearing others being called up as winners and is now determined to make amends.
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She added: “I remember that feeling like I’d failed and thinking ‘what’s the point in carrying on?’.
“It was that that made me think ‘you should give up’. If I was to get through to something next it would be the best thing ever, it would be huge.”
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