Posted on: 04/26/2016

Model and Vogue cover girl strips down on camera


Model and Vogue cover girl strips down on camera as she shares the emotional story of how her struggle with "self hatred" drove her to drugs and made her attempt suicide A former Vogue cover model who has struggled with addiction and depression has revealed how she used drugs to cover her feelings of anxiety and not fitting in, admitting that this downward spiral eventually led led her to attempt suicide. Adwoa Aboah, 23, who is from London but has modeled on catwalks all over the world and fronted campaigns for the likes of H&M and Calvin Klein, candidly shared her experience with overcoming addiction while shedding her clothes as part of StyleLikeU"s video series, The What"s Underneath Project, in which participants are asked to strip down to show that style is really about being comfortable in your own skin. "I just didn"t want to be Adwoa," she admits in the clip. "That self-hatred is something I work on on a daily basis."