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Last night’s episode of 60 Minutes featured Aussie model Bridget Malcolm, who made some shocking claims about the “traumatic” experience of working as a Victoria’s Secret model.

Malcolm, who walked the runway for the underwear giant in 2015 and 2016, says she got a “very interior glimpse” at the “sick, unhealthy” standards upheld by the modelling industry while working with the company.

She claimed that Victoria’s Secret management made it “pretty clear” that the models must be super skinny.

Looking back on the footage from her runway days, she notes that although she appears to be smiling, she was, in fact, “dead” in the eyes.

By 2017, when she was 25, she recounts that she had stopped menstruating, her hair had fallen out, and she was so malnourished that it took her “10 minutes to climb a flight of stairs”.

“I just reached the top and I just had that awful hollow feeling of like, this is how the rest of my life is going to look like, unless I do something about it now,” she said.

“I had an eating disorder, I was relying on anti-anxiety medication, I was having panic attacks constantly, I was exhausted.

“My body was malnourished, my mind was malnourished, it was relentless. What that company represented for me and for so many other women was extremely exploitative at that time. To me it felt like controlling women.”

Bridget Malcolm claims that after gaining half an inch on her hips, she was dumped by Victoria’s Secret and told that she was “too big” to work for them.

 

Malcolm was scouted in Perth at the age of 14, and by 15, her agent had allegedly told her that she needed to lose weight in order to advance in her career.

“The longest I managed to go without eating was three days. And I had to quit because I kept passing out. And I was annoyed with myself because I was determined to make it to five days. I couldn’t function, I couldn’t move,” she recounted to 60 Minutes.

A Victoria’s Secret spokesperson has since told Daily Mail Australia that there’s “a new leadership team at Victoria’s Secret who is fully committed to the continued transformation of the brand with a focus on creating an inclusive environment for our associates, customers and partners to celebrate, uplift and champion all women.”

Back in June, Victoria’s Secret revealed it was in the midst of a complete rebrand, including a line-up of “diverse spokeswomen.”

All the previous Angels have been given the boot and replaced with a “culturally relevant” group of women.

Pushing herself to the limit? Bridget Malcolm shows off her very slender frame and EXTREME stomach muscles as she prepares to walk in the Victoria’s Secret Show
She’s the slender blonde beauty who is fast becoming a rising star in the world of international modelling.

And Bridget Malcolm appears to have taken her exercise regime up a notch as she prepares to walk in the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show for the second year running.

The 25-year-old showed off her very slender frame and extreme stomach muscles as she posed in lingerie in an Instagram video on Thursday.

Who’s excited for Paris? Australia model Bridget Malcolm can barely contain her eagerness for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in this cheeky video posted to Instagram on Thursday

In the revealing short video, the grinning blonde holds up a book dedicated to iconic French designer Coco Chanel.

Her long blonde locks slicked back into a ponytail, Bridget goes fresh faced with no make up.

Perhaps in a dress rehearsal for Victoria’s Secret, the Perth-born model was wearing a black bra with matching knickers.

Her porcelain skin contrasts with the lingerie’s dark colour and her slender frame is on full display.

Little black bra: Holding a book dedicated to iconic designer Coco Chanel, Bridget smiles and does a thumbs up for the camera

Returning: The blonde vegan made her show debut in 2015 after being rejected twice before

Hip jutted to one side, the blonde beauty smiles and gives a thumbs-up to the camera.

Bridget captions the video: ‘Who’s excited for PARIS?!!! Meeee!!! Under a week to go’.

With less than a week until she heads to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, the petite model hasn’t been shy on social media about the work she has put in to become catwalk ready.

À bientôt: Bridget blows a kiss while walking the runway at last year’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

Exercise time: Ahead of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Bridget has not been shy about working out more

Busting out: The model has said she works out all year but does more ahead of the show

The vegan has posted countless selfies and videos of her working out on Instagram.

But despite the model’s commitment to exercise, Bridget has faced a fair share of backlash for her frame.

Earlier this month, the blonde spoke candidly about the experience in an interview with Stellar.

Leggy: Bridget attended the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show call backs in New York last month

‘It’s irrelevant’: Bridget has blasted both fat and skinny-shaming in the past

‘Whether it’s fat or skinny-shaming, it’s such a superfluous thing to do to someone,’ said the Seafolly model.

When it comes to people’s size and weight, Bridget added: ‘It’s so irrelevant to who they are as a person.’

She made headlines last year after responding to social media trolls who claimed she had an eating disorder.

Rising star: The Perth-born beauty has also modelled for swimwear brands Seafolly and Tigerlily

‘Can we STOP with the skinny shaming please?’ she wrote at the time.

‘I am extremely fit and healthy and am not in the slightest way anorexic.’

She explained: ‘I have worked hard to look like this and am proud of my body.

‘I may not be the curviest but I am a woman who has every right to look the way I do.

Hit back: The 25-year-old has faced attacks over her slender figure and claims online that she has an eating disorder

‘Maybe today take a look inside yourself and wonder why you feel the need to shame strangers over the Internet about their bodies. Peace and love to you all – let’s change the conversation.’

Bridget previously spoke to Daily Mail Australia about trolls, saying: ‘I know that those people are hurting inside and I hope that they find some happiness really.’

Countdown: Bridget is extremely excited about her upcoming second walk in the lingerie show