Quotes from Daisy Lowe

My mother was incredibly creative and absolutely mental.

Eliza Bennett is just one of the brightest girls I have ever met.

I live on the ground floor, so I have these lacy curtains during the day and then as soon as it gets dark, I'm like, 'Blackout blinds! Shutters!' I like being more private.

I don't think I've ever missed a meal.

I've always wanted to do a feature film, because, as a model, you have to play so many different characters.

I need to figure men out. I've been seeing men that either remind me of my mother or remind me of my father. I either end up caretaking or being abandoned so I've had enough of my romantic instincts. I need to date away from type.

I just love dancing. It's my favourite way to spend my time.

I've spent my whole life feeling I should watch what I eat but actually don't.

I once wore bright orange flares with a Spice Girls t-shirt. Let's hope that's a look I'll never revisit.

Shepton Mallet have a really big antiques market that my mum always makes me go to.

I love a bit of nail art, I'm a girly girl.

Underwear is such a great gift, but try to go for brands that flatter your girlfriend's shape - a little structure can be great.

My daily uniform is always an easy T-shirt or tank top, a pair of jeans and a leather or denim jacket, and combat boots.

I'm not very good at staying up late and drinking or any of that stuff. It sort of freaks me out.

I spent all of my teenage years shoving sugar down my neck. And it didn't catch up with me until I was about 21 and my skin started getting really bad and my metabolism slowed down.

I'm so grateful that I model at a time where 'plus-size' models are being championed, but they're still called 'plus-size' which is actually quite a stigma in itself. It's just healthy, curvy women.

Of course, there are times when I've stood next to models and felt like an elephant, but I'm adamant about the fact that I'm not a big girl, I just have the natural feminine figure.

I'm such an old-fashioned lady.

Strictly has been such a gift. It is so much more than I thought it was going to be.

I want to have money so I can spend it having children. I want to have three or four and be a really good mother and make sure they have a really brilliant life with parents who are not struggling.

I'm a model, I have to be confident in front of a camera otherwise I wouldn't be doing my job.

The only vegetable I liked when I was little was broccoli, which I called trees.

My great-grandmother was in one of the first girl bands, in the 1920s. Their outfits were mental: velvet bloomers with big ribbons and headpieces. They were brilliant.

I kind of feel stuck in the late-Sixties and early-Seventies.