A MODEL who was the face and body of both Ultimo and Wonderbra lingerie has revealed her boobs are wildly different sizes.

Katie Green, whose curves saw her clinch the coveted Wonderbra job ahead of 4000 other would-be lingerie models in a 2008 competiton, said she had been self-conscious all her life because one of her breasts was a D-cup and the other was a B-cup.

But the fact that one of her boobs was two inches smaller than the other was no bar to her picking up the glamour mantle previously held by by Czech beauty Eva Herzigova and burlesque star Dita Von Teese.

The former New Look shop assistant from Chichester, West Sussex, who has campaigned against the 'size-zero' aesthetic of the modelling world, even admitted having her bra stuffed with a piece of silicone known as a 'chicken fillet' for her first professional Wonderbra photo shoot.

The 10 and a half stone, 26-year-old, who was chosen by Wonderbra for her 'real woman curves' said: "When I saw the competition advertised in a magazine, I thought, 'Why not - I'll never win,' so I went along to the audition.

"I was utterly stunned when they picked me out of 4,000 girls. I was also worried and thought, 'How could I do this with my wonky cleavage?' So on the day of the shoot I confessed and was amazed at everybody's reaction. They were so kind and very sympathetic.

"For the shoot they padded out one cup to give my smaller breast a boost and the stylist also pulled my long hair over one shoulder."

Katie, who dated Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik, has a common condition known as breast asymmetry which she says made her shy and embarrassed as a teenager.

She added: "I looked at images featuring models with perfect breasts and felt terribly self-conscious that I didn't measure up.

'Back then, I didn't know the images were manipulated. Of course, in reality most models I know have funny moles or lumpy thighs that get airbrushed away. I understand why they retouched the photos, but in a way I felt as if I was now complicit in some kind of lie.

"Boyfriends were pretty understanding - it was other girls who were most unkind. I would go to great lengths to disguise my figure, stuffing toilet tissue in my bra - which made life very difficult when I went swimming."

Katie has her own website at: http://www.katiegreenofficial.com/