MODEL Alison Bowles stands tall — despite being told she was too short for the runway.
Alison, 28, said: “I was always told that modelling would be impossible for me because I was under 5ft 8ins and from a smaller town.
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“My mission is to show other models that it is possible to achieve whatever it is that they want.”
When Bowles noticed a mole on her back in 2022, she knew it was cause for concern.
The then-25-year-old had a friend who previously suffered with the skin cancer, melanoma and had told her to monitor moles that changed or grew bigger than a pencil eraser or rubber.
So when Alison, who lived in Florida, US, noticed a mole on her back had changed colour, she immediately scheduled an appointment to see a dermatologist.
“Sure enough, it was cancerous,” she said.
The model had a biopsy straight away and just a few weeks later, had surgery to remove the mole.
Alison said: “I had 12 stitches on the inside and outside.
“I remember walking into my surgery and the doctor warning me; ‘I am not going to sugar coat this, I don’t know if we can get everything out, you may have to do radiation if not’.
“But luckily we could fully remove everything with skin surgery.”
The model, who has been on the cover of publications such as Forbes, is now opening up about her ordeal, after trolls online criticised her remaining moles.
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