Josie Cunningham: ‘I don’t want to be Britain’s most hated woman anymore’

Wannabe glamour model Josie Cunningham shocked the nation in January 2013 when she boasted about having a free boob job on the NHS.

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by Francine Anker |
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Controversy has catapulted Josie Cunningham into the spotlight and, seemingly revelling in her newfound notoriety, she admitted planning an abortion so she could appear on Big Brother, then cancelled it after facing a public backlash.

In October 2015, she sank to a new low, revealing she'd gone through with an abortion so she could have a nose job to chase her glamour model dream.

But after online trolls attacked her and she was dubbed 'Britain's most hated woman', Josie - who is also mum to Harley, eight, Frankie, five, and Grace, two - decided to step out of the limelight in October last year to focus on being a mum.

When Closer catches up with Josie, 26, from Wakefield, on a photoshoot, she reveals a new stripped-back look that's a world away from her usual heavily made-up look, and appears devoted to her newborn daughter.

Josie Cunningham
Josie Cunningham

She says: "Everything came to a head in October last year after I admitted having an abortion so I could have a nose job.

"I appeared on Loose Women and one of the panellists, Jane Moore, said I needed help, not surgery. I was ashamed and it made me realise things had spiralled out of control.

"I was being badly trolled and people were saying they wanted to throw acid in my face. Others were threatening my kids.

"I don't mind being in the firing line, but when my kids are involved it's a step too far.

"I decided to come off social media and started spending time with the kids.

"I'd felt like my abortion was a mistake, so, when I fell pregnant in January this year I just knew I wanted to keep this baby.

"Dolly is perfect, she's like a little china doll. She's given me a reason to turn my life around – I don't want to be Britain's most hated woman anymore."

Read the rest of this story in Closer magazine, out today.

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