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Molly-Mae Hague admits she’s ‘still traumatised’ after being shamed at model casting

Molly-Mae Hague has admitted she’s still “traumatised” after being shamed and rejected at a model casting.

The 21-year-old opened up about the “awful” experience on Instagram, after she was asked to share “tips for getting into modelling” during a Q&A.

The Love Island star said: “I definitely don’t do modelling but I have the funniest story that happened to me when I was younger. It’s not funny at all actually. It’s still traumatising me to this day.”

“Basically I was on a train and got scouted, so embarrassing. This woman from a modelling agency she scouted me.”

“She was like ‘Please can you come in tomorrow and we can potentially sign you’. I was absolutely buzzing. I always wanted to be a model when I was younger. Definitely not anymore.”

Molly’s Instagram story

Molly continued: “So I went into London, cancelled work for the day, went for a meeting with this woman.”

“She got me to stand in front of her and some other people and do like a little twirl in all black clothing and stuff, like no make up.”

“She literally took one look at me and said ‘yeah no sorry made a mistake you’re not the right shape to be a model.'”

“I literally was traumatised, trying to be all polite, whereas if it happened now it would be a different story…”

The reality star, who now wishes she stood up for herself, said: “I was like ‘can you give me constructive criticism? What wasn’t right about me?’ She was like ‘you looked different on the train, like your legs looked different’. Honestly it was awful.”

“I just had to tell that story if anyone asks me about modelling. Just that day, taking the day off work, getting on the train and being so excited…

“And that woman just shutting me down like that and it was so, so, so bad and if anyone that is watching this has ever had that happen to them before, like screw the person that did that to you.”

“I still think about it to this day. I’m not like bothered by it but the modelling industry is just so harsh and not nice. Hats off to models though.”

 

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When asked to share something she wished she “learned sooner”, Molly said the “first thing that comes to mind” is to “stand up” for herself.

The influencer admitted to her 5.1 million Instagram followers: “I wish that was something that I could still learn to do but better now and I wish I was better at it when I was younger too.”

Despite being “shut down” and rejected as a model, Molly-Mae is now the face of huge brands, including PrettyLittleThing and Beauty Works.

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