I’d die early for a ‘perfect’ bod, people might call me selfish but I’m desperate to feel less ugly, says Nicola McLean
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EX-GLAMOUR model Nicola McLean opens up about her bulimia battle and how far she’d go for dream looks. The definition may be different for every woman but, being truthful, we all want a perfect body. For me, getting that look was so important, I had breast implants in a bid to achieve it.
![[Model Nicola McLean in a beige pantsuit.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/home-shoot-nicola-mclean-model-811138682.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
As a girl of seven, I had subconsciously decided upon the dream body — Pamela Anderson in her Nineties Baywatch heyday. Despite my parents trying to stop me, I sneakily watched from behind a couch as Pammy, now 57, was being interviewed by Ruby Wax. I instantly fell in love with her figure and, from that day on, I was determined I would be blonde, slender and have massive boobs.
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And I did it. So that is why, after decades of striving, I am in no way surprised that beauty company Dove has found that one in three women would give a year of their lives for the perfect figure. My only surprise is the number is not higher — I do not know one woman who would not immediately sign on the dotted line, without even bothering to read the small print.
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I would happily throw away that year of my life. My pursuit of the perfect body saw me get GG breast implants — the biggest you can get in the UK — at the age of 24. For me, the ideal figure, even now, is a size eight with big boobs. I think the fact that a third of women would make this huge sacrifice has a lot to do with social media.
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