An aspiring glamour model had her breasts enlarged to size 36DD on the NHS, it emerged yesterday.The surgery to 22-year-old Josie Cunningham, cost taxpayers £4,800.
She convinced doctors to operate by claiming her flat chest was ‘ruining her life’ and causing emotional distress.
But last night critics were appalled at the decision, branding it a waste of taxpayers’ cash. Under NHS guidelines, cosmetic surgery should be funded only in rare circumstances ‘to protect a person’s health’.
Miss Cunningham, who works in telesales, says her new breasts have given her the ‘confidence’ she needs to pursue her dream of topless modelling.
She hopes to emulate former Page 3 girl Katie Price.
The unmarried mother, from Leeds, plans to leave her children Harley, five, and Frankie, two, with her parents while she chases her dream.
She told The Sun: ‘My new boobs have changed my life. Now I can’t wait to do topless and swimsuit photoshoots and become the new Katie Price.’
Her operation, at St James’s Hospital in Leeds, was recommended by her GP before being approved by her local Primary Care Trust.
But health bosses were unable to say yesterday why such an enormous cleavage was necessary for Miss Cunningham’s wellbeing.
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