Bridget Malcolm has once again slammed the toxic culture she claims to have experienced while working for Victoria's Secret.
The Australian model, who walked the runway for the lingerie giant in 2015 and 2016, said the message from Victoria's Secret management to be super skinny was 'pretty clear' in an explosive interview with Australia's 60 Minutes on Sunday.
Describing the pressure she felt to lose weight, the 29-year-old recalled a time when she was so malnourished it took her '10 minutes to climb a flight of stairs'.
'They were extremely exploitative': Model Bridget Malcolm, 29, told Australia's 60 Minutes on Sunday that Victoria's Secret's message to be super skinny was 'pretty clear'
When asked how clear the message was from Victoria's Secret that you need to be super skinny, Bridget was blunt in her response: 'Pretty clear.'
'I had an eating disorder, I was relying on anti-anxiety medication, I was having panic attacks constantly, I was exhausted,' she added.
'My body was malnourished, my mind was malnourished, it was relentless. What that company represented for me and for so many other women was extremely exploitative at that time. To me it felt like controlling women.'
Bridget, who is now a mental health advocate, was scouted on the streets of Perth at the age of 14, and by 15 was told by her agent she needed to lose weight.
Pressure: When asked how clear the message was from Victoria's Secret that you need to be super skinny, Bridget said: 'Pretty clear.' She added, 'I had an eating disorder, I was relying on anti-anxiety medication, I was having panic attacks constantly, I was exhausted'
Explosive claims: 'My body was malnourished, my mind was malnourished, it was relentless. What that company represented for me and for so many other women was extremely exploitative at that time. To me it felt like controlling women,' Bridget said
What resulted was a decade-long battle with eating disorders. She once even stopped eating altogether and only drank water for three days.
'The longest I managed to go without eating was three days. And I had to quit because I kept passing out. And I was annoyed with myself because I was determined to make it to five days. I couldn't function, I couldn't move,' she said.
Bridget walked the VS runway in 2015 and 2016, and got a 'very interior glimpse' at the impossible beauty standards running rampant behind the scenes.
Looking back: Viewing footage of herself walking the runway for the lingerie giant in 2015 and 2016, the Perth-born model said that while she was smiling she was 'dead' in the eyes
Battle: The beginning of 2017 saw her at her worst, becoming so malnourished she didn't have the energy to walk up a flight of stairs. 'I just reached the top and I just had that awful hollow feeling of like this is how the rest of my life is going to look like,' she said
Looking back at footage of herself on the catwalk for the lingerie giant, Bridget said that while she was smiling she was 'dead' in the eyes.
The beginning of 2017 saw her at her worst, becoming so malnourished she didn't have the energy to walk up a flight of stairs.
'I just reached the top and I just had that awful hollow feeling of like this is how the rest of my life is going to look like, unless I do something about it now,' she said.
A Victoria's Secret spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia: There is a new leadership team at Victoria's Secret who is fully
