Tell Me a Secret - True Confessions of Britain's Most Erotic Dancers and Models - Dawn Simpson

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be good for me, as I was a bit of a wild child and thought that some time away would keep me from getting into trouble.

       Being in Cyprus was a breath of fresh air. I couldn’t get any drugs at all out there. I felt naturally refreshed. My appetite returned and I started to put on weight. A month later I weighed a healthy eight-and-a-half stone. I came home, completed my A levels and avoided my old friends like the plague. As soon as my exams were over I went straight back out to Cyprus for my 18th birthday – this time with my parents. It was really weird, but being in Cyprus and learning to feel clear headed and confident without taking speed made me realise that speed wasn’t addictive for me at all.

       It wasn’t all great. I did suffer from panic attacks and nausea for a long time afterwards and now, even at the age of 24, I still get panic attacks, which I believe are a result of the amount of mental damage I did to myself.

       Nowadays, I won’t even drink any more than one Smirnoff ice at a time – let alone take any substance that will alter my perceptions or intoxicate me. I’m very lucky I escaped a possible worse fate.

       My parents agreed that when I came back from Cyprus I was altogether a much nicer person, but they couldn’t exactly pinpoint why. Only I knew the real reason. Since then I have told my mum that I had experimented with drugs in my teens. But she doesn’t know to what extent. I’ve spared my dad the details, as it would disappoint him so much.

       I have never shared this with anyone and, when my parents do read this, I hope that they will not be too ashamed of what I did. I want them to be proud of the fact that I fought the problem head on. It’s because of my parents love, support and the way they raised me that made me strong enough to get over this and make a success out of my life. Thanks Mum and Dad.

       TORI

      TORI

      Name: Victoria Taylor

      Model/Dance Name: Tori

      Star Sign: Aries

      Age: 19

      Vital Stats: 34B – 24 – 34

      Lives: Hull, East Yorkshire

      Fave Food: Mexican

      Fave Drink: Champagne, of course!

       Where do you work?

      I work worldwide – depends on what the project is and how much it is paying!

      I have done work for the Star, Daily Sport, Max Power and have appeared in other magazines like Nuts etc.

       How did you get into modelling?

      It was something I always wanted to do. I made the mistake of telling everyone at school that I wanted to be a model, which gave them an excuse to tease and pick on me. They said that I was too skinny to be a model and took the piss out of me because I was ambitious. ‘You will never make it as a model,’ they used to shout. They branded me a slag, because they assumed anyone who wanted to take their clothes off for a living must sleep around – ‘Well, hello, 18-year-old mother-of-four, look at me now! I’m a working model who’s got here herself!’

      I hated all the teasing at school, but now, thanks to being teased, it’s made me stronger and more determined to be a success – I’ve got the last laugh, because I’m the one living my dream.

      It hasn’t been easy by any means. I spent, and still spend, hours/days researching, making as many contacts as I can and entering every competition. It has to be like that at first, until you have reached the level when you have an agent and PR team behind you. You have to fight for every opportunity.

      I got my big break when I had just turned 17. It was my first holiday in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. I was there with my boyfriend, Andrew Newton – he played Robbie Flynn in Hollyoaks. We were chilling at a beach bar, indulging in our first beer of the day, when the Sport newspaper spotted me. I lied and said I was 18 and got some work. It all went from there really. I have never stopped working since.

      I don’t think people realise that it is hard work and only the very determined and ambitious make it. You work long hours and are expected to look glamorous ALL the time. Don’t even get me started on the mental strain and frustration – the last five years I’ve been told I’m a wannabe, a marriage wrecker, been compared to the Kiss ’n’ Tell Queen, Alicia Davail – but, God, do I love this career and wouldn’t change my life for anything!

       What’s the biggest fee/tip you have ever earned?

      £6,000 for a Kiss ’n’ Tell.

       What highstreet publications have you been in? Have you worked with any famous people?

      I have been in the Star, the Sport, News of the World, Max Power and most of the middle-shelf lad mags such as Nuts etc.

       What other work have you done?

      I used to be a travel agent. I only worked there so I could get cheap holidays – every other weekend to Magaluf (shagaluf) – everyone loves Magaluf, cheap beer and easy sex!!

       Do you have any famous friends?

      Everyone is everyone’s friend in this business, that’s all the fun of it! Callum Best (George Best’s son) is a sweet guy but, like I said, it’s a close circle and everyone shags everyone!

      I’ve caught up with the band Blue quite a few times lately. I got chatting to them on yet another holiday to Cyprus. We all went to a club and got really drunk. Not long after I got back from Cyprus I bumped into them again at a concert. We all had a really good laugh, they are all good guys and know how to enjoy themselves – that’s all I have to say about Blue, nothing more happened, honest!

       What does your family think of the work you do?

      Nothing suprises my mum. At the age of six I was posing in the garden starkers, practising my glamour poses. At nine I used to tell my dad I was going to be a stripper – so I think they knew it was coming. They are really supportive. I remember when I won a competition in the Star and my mum was really proud and spent hours ringing all her friends and family to gloat about her daughter’s triumph.

      Friends are a total different kettle of fish. You find out very quickly who are your true friends. I have fallen out with a lot of my friends over my career, but I just think ‘tough shit’. I see them collecting their dole on a Monday morning and just laugh to myself – ‘who are they to judge what I do? At least I’m doing something with my career’.

       What’s your funniest moment?

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