Jodie Kidd: most models are healthier than you think

Jodie Kidd believes that most models are incredibly healthy and don’t smoke or take drugs.

She told the Mirror recently that she eats three meals a day and walks regularly as well as enjoying various sports: “One or two might have given the wrong impression of models, but the majority are very healthy, look after themselves and don’t smoke. Neither my friends Alex Wek nor Erin O’Connor do.”

The 28 year old model is no longer as desperately skinny as she once was but it doesn’t bother her in the slightest: “I’m very happy with my body, although my worst parts are my arse and stomach - the same as all women.”

“The main thing is just to be happy with yourself. Models have insecurities, too. They are in an industry where the focus is on perfection.”

But she thinks that idea of perfection is being stretched these days: “I’ve seen a lot of advertising recently with real women, and you can relate to it much more than seeing a teenager advertising an anti-wrinkle cream.”

“Things are slowly changing. All the girls like Cindy Crawford are coming back. They’re in their 30s and 40s, they’ve got laughter lines and they look great.

“I long to see more older women modelling. My idol has always been Christy Turlington: she’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.”

Having said that though, she hasn’t ruled out the possibility of cosmetic surgery in the future: “Of course I look at those lines [on my face].”

“I can say, ‘No, I won’t have surgery at the moment’, but I might when I’ve had five children and my boobs are round my ankles and want a little lift. If it makes you feel better, then go for it.”