Tahnee Atkinson has revealed she’s dating a mystery man from Perth after splitting up with long-term boyfriend Matt Bourke.
The Australia’s Next Top Model admitted coyly that she was ‘seeing someone’ and dished that they were in the ‘early stages’ of dating.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, the 26-year-old explained that she and Matt parted ways ‘a while ago’ and slammed claims they were ever engaged.
New man alert! Tahnee Atkinson has revealed she’s dating a mystery man from Perth after splitting up with long-term boyfriend Matt Bourke
‘I’m seeing someone from back home, from Perth,’ she confessed. ‘It’s only early stages!’
The brunette beauty added of Matt: ‘I’m not with Matt. We’re not together anymore. We broke up a while ago.’
Fans previously speculated that they might be engaged after Tahnee started wearing a ring on her wedding finger.
But addressing the speculation, she clarified firmly: ‘Definitely not!’
It’s over: Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, the 26-year-old explained that she and Matt parted ways ‘a while ago’ and slammed claims they were ever engaged
Tahnee and corporate lawyer Matt, 28, are both originally from Western Australia and started dating in 2011.
She used to spend half the year living in Sydney with Matt and the other half working overseas, where she has graced the covers of Harpers Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Sports Illustrated.
Discussing their long-distance romance in 2016, she revealed that trust was the key to staying together.
‘We’ve been doing it for so long sometimes I pinch myself,’ she told the Herald Sun.
Not engaged: Fans previously speculated that they might be engaged after Tahnee started wearing a ring on her wedding finger. But addressing the speculation, she clarified firmly: ‘Definitely not!’
Meanwhile back in November, she was spotted putting on a cosy display with a mystery man on Bondi Beach.
Tahnee was spotted throwing her arms around her hunky male companion and kissing his cheek as they frolicked in the waves.
A representation for Tahnee later told Daily Mail Australia that the man was ‘just a friend of hers she was catching up with.’
Tahnee, who previously said she’s identified as a plus-size model despite her tiny frame, dished the secrets to her incredible physique.
‘I like to walk. Wherever I am I find the most beautiful part. So if I’m in Sydney I do Bondi to Bronte. Something outdoors!’
Exciting: Discussing her man, she said: ‘I’m seeing someone from back home, from Perth. It’s only early stages!’ The brunette beauty added of Matt: ‘I’m not with Matt. We’re not together anymore. We broke up a while ago’