Curious case of Labour hopeful who says: I’ve not been a swimwear model
Secret swimwear model past of Labour replacement for Khan
AFTER I disclosed that Labour’s candidate in the upcoming Tooting by-election Rosena Allin-Khan had secretly worked as a swimwear model, the junior doctor was keen to downplay her glamorous past.
‘I’ve never been a swimwear model,’ she said. ‘My life might have been very interesting if I had.’ I have since discovered she features on the books of no fewer than two modelling agencies, Fame and Emodels, which even discloses her vital statistics (‘bust 34in, waist 26in, hips 34in).
She wears a variety of bikinis on both websites. Allin-Khan, 39, says she posed for Adidas trainers and Wella hair campaigns to fund her aid work when she was in the Middle East, and a ‘swimwear shoot’ was actually a make-up test.
The daughter of a Catholic Polish mother and Muslim Pakistani father, she is Muslim herself and hopes to succeed Sadiq Khan, who stepped down after becoming Mayor.
Khan has said some of his fellow Muslims in the constituency never forgave him for the liberal stance he took on issues such as gay marriage. Let’s hope Rosena’s prospective constituents are more forgiving of her diverse portfolio.