Leading Vanilla Blush model, 32-year-old Shelley Lawes, has spoken of the "empowering" feeling following her work with the Glasgow-based global-brand. 

Shelley said: "Having an Ostomy isn't going to stop me doing anything. Would I have worn underwear and done an underwear shoot before I had my Stoma? I don't know, I think it's liberated me more." 

Having always wanted to model, but feeling she had lost the chance for ever after her 2015 bowel operation which left her with a Stoma, Shell's dreams finally came true when she came into contact with Nicola Dames, Vanilla Blush's founder and CEO. 

The 32-year-old, from Kent, said of her modelling with Vanilla Blush and their lingerie: "It makes me feel sexy, natural, confident, and It empowers me.

"For being a woman, and being a woman that wants to embrace their curves maybe, and women out there that are slimmer or larger, I think Vanilla Blush caters for everything. And also it is less medical, you know the material's nice, it doesn't make you feel like you are just a patient, you're actually a person and you can still be sexy."

Nicola Dames said: "Shelley is a fantastic model, a fantastic advocate and a fantastic person. I am professionally and personally proud of her. And the fact she looks so gorgeous in the photos is simply an extra, but it must be said, a fantastic extra!"