Despite being in favour of women having the freedom to wear what they please without being judged, the model revealed her stance against children being forced to wear religious dress.
Speaking in her newspaper column, the 35-year-old wrote:
‘For me, it’s simple. If a grown woman’s religion or culture dictates that she should wear the veil and full burka in public places and that is what she wants to do, that’s up to her.
‘Nuns do it, why not them?'
‘Sikhs wear turbans, Jews wear yarmulkes. It’s their choice and none of my business.
‘I wear miniskirts, crop tops, skinny jeans, low-cut dresses.
‘It’s up to me and no one can — or will — tell me otherwise in my own country.
‘The difference comes when it directly impacts on other people and major issues — and it is open to abuse or misuse.’
Further explaining her argument, she added:
‘They say that the eyes are windows to the soul.
‘But the face and its expressions — the smile, the grimace and the nervous, involuntary tic — are just as important.
‘When I was in hospital this summer fighting to save the life of my baby Jett, I needed to see the faces of the medical staff treating me so I could gauge the seriousness of what was happening.
‘The same applies in a courtroom.
‘How can we even begin to think a jury can judge the evidence of a vital witness if they can’t see the face of the person giving it? Particularly when it is the defendant.’
The 35-year-old goes on to question the belief behind wearing a veil, asking:
‘The real question to me is WHY do Muslim women wear the veil? Or even the burka, for that matter?
‘I accept they might not want to dress like me but they can be perfectly modest and decent in much less oppressive clothing than that.
‘I think they’re influenced by men using religion to control them.
‘However, once they are adults they are entitled to make some kind of a choice, even if I think that it’s a bad one.
‘I do not believe for a second that those children this summer — trapped in suffocating robes and tight headscarves — get the same privilege.
‘In the name of religion, their childhood is being limited, denied and distorted.
‘Frankly, in the name of that religion, they are being conditioned now to obediently continue something that simply can’t be right.
‘When they become adults, if they choose the burka or veil, it’s up to them.’