Guess who! Victoria’s Secret model is a fresh-faced teen

She’s strutted her stuff down the catwalk for lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret. 

And on Wednesday, this 26-year-old beauty took to Instagram to share a sweet throwback image from her first days in modelling, as a fresh-faced teen. 

Seen with porcelain skin, dark hair and a side fringe, can you recognise this Australian beauty? 

 

Guess who! She’s an international model who has walked for Victoria’s Secret… but would YOU recognise her as a teenager in this throwback snap? 

The model is Perth native, Bridget Malcolm. 

The married personality can be seen in the throwback snap standing in a white singlet and denim shorts. 

She was 15 when the image was taken.

Bridget captioned the snap: ‘How’s this for a throwback? Bridget’s first digitals… 15 years old (I grew out that hair cut).’

Familiar face! The model is Perth native, Bridget Malcolm

Familiar face! The model is Perth native, Bridget Malcolm

Successful: She's strutted her stuff down the catwalk for lingerie giant Victoria's Secret

Successful: She’s strutted her stuff down the catwalk for lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret

Bridget is no stranger to sharing old images of herself. 

She’s previously shared a snap from her childhood showing herself in glasses and braces. 

She explained that when she was discovered at age 14, she had braces and ‘self-cut hair’ and it took her a while to find self-confidence.

She said she initially felt ‘terrified’ and struggled to look people in the eye on earlier jobs.

Looking back: Bridget is no stranger to sharing old images of herself. She's previously shared a snap from her childhood showing herself in glasses and braces

Looking back: Bridget is no stranger to sharing old images of herself. She’s previously shared a snap from her childhood showing herself in glasses and braces

Opening up: She explained that when she was discovered at age 14, she had braces and 'self-cut hair' and it took her a while to find self-confidence 

Opening up: She explained that when she was discovered at age 14, she had braces and ‘self-cut hair’ and it took her a while to find self-confidence 

‘Eventually modeling taught me how to look people in the eye, and that I deserve to be where I am today, no matter what the trolls say,’ Bridget wrote on her blog.  

Answering a fan’s query about whether she should model as a teenager, Bridget said that modelling had given her a world of confidence.

‘When IMG scouted me at 14, I was terrified. I couldn’t talk, and I felt like I had fooled everyone,’ she wrote. 

‘It took a couple of years to shake this feeling, but eventually modeling taught me how to look people in the eye, and that I deserve to be where I am today, no matter what the trolls say.’

But Bridget stressed the budding model should only work part-time until they were 18, and find other hobbies so their life didn’t just revolve around the fashion world.  

This would make things easier when you weren’t chosen for jobs, the Victoria’s Secret model argued .

‘This job has a shelf life, and you will endure a lot of rejection,’ she went on to write. 

It is a lot easier to endure the rejection when you have a full life outside of modeling; with interests in people outside of the industry, and other hobbies to occupy your mind and time. 

‘Never lose sight of what life without modeling will look like for you – because one day it will happen! Plus it keeps you interesting.’ 

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