Hayley Morley juggles modelling with a degree at Reading university
At 21, she is studying for her university finals and hopes to become a surveyor like her father.
This weekend, however, Hayley Morley was busy doing something else -changing the face of London Fashion Week as one of the few curvy modelstaking to the catwalk.
A healthy size 14, she is far fuller-figured than the size six models normally hired by designers.
She has become a muse for designer Mark Fast since meeting him lastyear, and appeared in his show on Saturday as part of his campaign touse "real-sized" women.
The 5ft 9in student first worked for the Canadian designer inSeptember in a show which featured a number of size 12 and 14 models.
She said yesterday: "I had hundreds of messages of support fromyoung girls and young women, saying thank you for being a more realmodel.
"I think that finally there is someone young and they feel they can relate to more than a size six model. It makes me proud."
But the model, from Surrey - whose career began two years agoafter she was spotted working in a wine bar in Guildford - suggests acareer on the catwalk is not for her.
Miss Morely, who says she eats healthily and goes to the gym, hasvowed to knuckle down for the last months of her BSc in Investment andFinance in Property at Reading University and will become anRICS-accredited property surveyor when she graduates in May.
Hayley takes to the runway for the Autumn/Winter 2010 Mark Fast show
Hayley is one of the few curvy models taking to the catwalk
Before that she has finals, and has been trying to work for these between modelling jobs.
"It is very difficult," she said. "If it wasn"t for myboyfriend, who does the same course as me, I would be in real trouble.He goes to all the lectures and tells me about them.
"I do have to concentrate now London Fashion Week is done. I worked very hard at school and don"t want that to go to waste."
Miss Morley has had to juggle university with a ten-fold increase inoffers of modelling jobs since modelling for Mr Fast in September.
Last week she was modelling swimwear in the Seychelles forFrench Marie Claire, returned to shoot pictures for plus-size HighStreet chain Evans, and then immediately took to the catwalk for MrFast on Saturday.
Last night the 28-year-old designer said: "Hayley is a wonderful, sexy, gorgeous woman.
"It is important for me to continue using curvier modelsbecause there needs to be an understanding that my clothes are for allbody shapes.
"There are real women out there that want to be able to escapeinto the fantasy of fashion just like everyone else regardless of theirsize."
Hayley, centre, enjoys student life with a couple of friends
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