Super model Cara Delevigne is through with modelling and is ready to focus on a serious acting career.
In a recent interview with The Times UK, the 23-year-old star of the upcoming movie "Paper Towns" said she has had enough of nudity and sexual poses, which she described as "horrible and disgusting."
In the interview, Delevingne described the ugly side of the modelling industry, citing the rampant but mostly unreported sexual harassment and exploitation of women in the industry, according to E! Online.
She said the fashion industry distorted her personal views and made her feel empty.
"I am not doing fashion work anymore, after having, like, psoriasis and all that stuff," she said. "Modelling just made me feel a bit hollow after a while. It didn't make me grow at all as a human being. And I kind of forgot how young I was... I felt so old."
Because of her demanding schedule, Delevigne suffered from health scares, both physical and emotional. But when she contracted psoriasis—a chronic skin condition that results in red, dry, and flaky skin—she received expressions of disgust instead of sympathy.
"People would put on gloves and not want to touch me because they thought it was, like, leprosy or something," she admitted. "It is a mental thing as well because if you hate yourself and your body and the way you look, it just gets worse and worse."
As a feminist, the way woman are treated in the modelling world makes Delevigne feel sick. "It's horrible and it's disgusting. We're talking about young girls. You start when you are really young and you do, you get subjected to... not great stuff," she admitted.
Delevigne has successfully transitioned from modelling to acting, and is currently working on the new film "Suicide Squad" alongside Jared Leto and Scott Eastwood. She has grown significantly since her modelling days, and she hopes that her new pursuit would be far different from what she had experienced in the past.
"I am very good at standing up for myself now, and for other people. If there is injustice I will flip out. If someone is crossing a line, they will know about it and so will everyone else," she said.
