After modeling mogul, brow-tastic phenom and social media funny-girl Cara Delevingne dropped her contract with Storm Models in July, the rumors began to circulate that she had quit modeling for good. The “Paper Towns” star recently confirmed to London’s The Times that her modeling days are officially over. The reasons she gives are just plain sad.
Delevingne reported that she suffered from anxiety and body-shaming from her years of modeling and reminisces about the “disgusting” poses she was obligated to perform in her early career.
“Modeling just made me feel a bit hollow after a while,” Delevingne said in an interview. “It didn’t make me grow at all as a human being. And I kind of forgot how young I was…I felt so old.”
The 23-year-old has been in the modeling industry for about 12 years and knows just how cruel it can be.
“I was, like, fight and flight for months. Just constantly on edge,” Delevingne added. “It is a mental thing as well because if you hate yourself and your body and the way you look, it just gets worse and worse.”
The mental stress took its toll on the young starlet, who developed psoriasis as a result.
Delevingne sheds light on a highly-criticized industry, showing that being in front of the camera isn’t all it’s made out to be.
“I am a bit of a feminist and it makes me feel sick. It’s horrible and it’s disgusting…[These are] young girls. You start when you are really young and you do, you get subjected to…not great stuff.”