NEW Love Island boy Jamie Jewitt lost three stone to transform his body and become a top male model.
The fashion model – who joined the ITV2 dating show last night – impressed fans with his looks but it can be revealed that he didn’t always have the ripped physique of a Greek God.
Instead, Essex boy Jamie was a fat 15-year-old who lost a whopping three stone to transform his looks.
Jamie was so self-conscious about his weight that he shunned photographs and as a result has very few pictures of himself as a teenager.
But after spending two years of training intensively and changing his diet to a strict vegan regime, he managed to shed the excess weight and completely transform his body.
He lost three stone and by the time he was 18 he weighed a healthy 12st and had turned himself into a potential male model.
With the encouragement of his family, he went to a model casting but his confidence was knocked when he was rejected by the first agency he visited.
But the second took him on immediately and he’s never looked back.
“I have to admit that my weight gain was mainly puppy fat,” he told A-Teen.
“Because I carried the weight well, it wasn’t obvious to my peers. I’d get the odd jibe about my sweet tooth and my love of a burger but it was a decision I had to make for myself.”
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After a stint on a US reality show Taking New York, he moved back to the UK and is now on the hunt for love on Love Island.
He added that he felt insecure about his body as a teenager and wants to inspire others to change how they feel about themselves.
“I find that a lot of people feel they can’t adapt to being insecure, but I think talking about things and creating discussion around body and insecurities is so important.
“If you aren’t happy with now you look or feel. It is time to talk about it. Coping on your is tough because there is no-one in the other corner telling you that you look great, that you an amazing person etc.
“Instead, you end up telling yourself over and over that you aren’t good enough and that isn’t healthy. You need something balancing the negative with the positives.”
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