Laura Summers used to be bullied by her schoolmates at school, she was called names like Pinocchio or Dumbo, now after several years and £60,000 on multiple plastic surgery procedures
The young model, who was bullied at school over her looks, appeared on This Morning to discuss the beneficial effect she says surgery has had on her life.
‘I was bullied a lot when I was younger,’ she says. ‘I felt so unattractive. I was on the overweight side. My nose was big, and the children called me Pinocchio. They called me Dumbo because my ears stuck out.
‘I wanted to make myself a better person within and to do that I felt that I needed to change outside first. It worked – I felt like I really improved my life.’
So that is exactly what she did… she has spent almost £60,000 on multiple plastic surgery procedures to change her appearance. She has had a nose job, breast enhancement and lip fillers, among other procedures. She has also had her ears pinned back, and relies on cosmetic ‘top-ups’ like Botox.
‘My parents weren’t happy at first,‘ she says.”‘They were really against it. They have a ‘no surgery’ rule.
They believe you should be happy with what born with“. ‘I had to fight with them as well as my inner self.’
Laura says that of course the surgery hurts – and photographs of her horrifically swollen lips post-surgery attest to that fact – but that her philosophy is no pain, no gain.
‘Yes, some hurt. But I have a high pain threshold,’ she says.
‘No pain no gain. I just kept looking at the bigger picture and what it would bring to my life to have the surgery.
‘ ‘It costs money – but you have to work your behind off in life to get what you want. ‘If you want something, go out there and get it.’
Laura says that after nine operations she is finally satisfied with her appearance. ‘I look in the mirror and I like myself,’ she admits now.
‘I am happy when I look in the mirror. I have great friends and family who say “Oi! Enough now”. ‘I’ve had a bit of maintenance, the odd bit of Botox.
I’m not the type who wants to look “filled.”‘ ‘I like the fact that I can surprise people now,’ says Laura. ‘
They think, “she’s got big boobs, blonde hair – she’ll be a hussy.” But I am quite intellectual, I shock people.
