Kate Moss, she first became aware of the risks of the fashion industry during a photo session when she was a teenager.
She explained how she ended up with a man who wanted to shoot her for a bra catalog on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs show.
She was just 15 years old when he instructed her to remove her bra, according to Moss.
She said that the encounter had "sharpened her instinct," enabling her to "identify a wrong 'un a mile away."
He told me to take my top off when I was probably just 15 years old, she said.
I removed my top since I was self-conscious about my appearance at the time, and when he instructed me to remove my bra, I knew something wasn't right. I immediately grabbed my belongings and fled.
Moss was recruited by a Storm modeling agency in 1988 after being discovered by a talent scout at the age of 14.
The 48-year-old described how equipped only with an A to Z street guide, she would travel to castings in London alone.
Moss went on to become one of the most recognizable faces in fashion and is still in demand by magazine editors and designers all over the world.
In 1992, she collaborated with actor Mark Wahlberg, then known as Marky Mark, to shoot her first significant commercial for Calvin Klein.
Moss, however, claimed that the lingerie shoot did not have pleasant recollections.
The model claimed that while being photographed without a top, she felt "vulnerable and afraid" and like an object.
She said that she was administered Valium to assist her to get through the shoot since she had had considerable anxiety prior to it.
Her daughter Lila Moss is on her books; the icon claimed to have been able to impart some industry knowledge to her as she is now an agent herself.
She remarked, "I've told her you don't have to do anything you don't want to do".
"Don't do this shoot if you don't want to if you don't feel comfortable if you don't want to be a model."
She stated that she looks out for her models and makes sure that they always have an agent with them during a shoot so that someone is there to say, "I don't think that's acceptable," if necessary.
Moss also discussed supporting her friend and fellow designer John Galliano, who was convicted of making racist remarks in 2011, and her ex-partner, actor Johnny Depp, during his recent libel trial in the US.
"I believe in the truth, as well as fairness and justice," she said.
"I am aware that John Galliano is not a horrible person, but he did have a drinking issue. When under the influence of alcohol, people don't act like themselves and say things they would never say sober.
She said, "I am aware of Johnny's real story. I am certain that he didn't kick me down the stairs". That truth has to be said.
For a moment, Corinne Day's contentious fashion photographs of Moss for British Vogue in 1993 may have earned her the greatest notoriety.
Day's photos of Moss posing suggestively received criticism and sparked a discussion about "heroin chic" in the media.
"I believe I was used as a scapegoat for many people's issues," stated Moss. I have never been anorexic.
I never abused heroin. I was slim since I had never received food during shots or performances.
Kate also discussed how she didn't think she was photogenic when she was younger, how she posed for a photograph by Lucian Freud, and how peaceful her life is in the Cotswolds.
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