Katie Price's daughter 'put off surgery for life'

Katie Price has said being "discriminated" against for her appearance left her daughter "put off surgery for life".

The former glamour model criticised social media for creating a so-called culture of airbrushing pictures and altering appearances through filters.

Price has had a catalogue of cosmetic surgeries since the 1990s, including breast implants, facelifts and liposuction.

She spoke to BBC Essex ahead of taking to the stage for an Easter pantomime in Clacton-on-Sea in April.

The 46-year-old made her name as a successful model, regularly appearing in national newspapers and magazines.

She later appeared in I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and Celebrity Big Brother.

"Unfortunately, a downside of my job is I get a lot of discrimination for things in my life I want to do," Price said.

"I'm like 'you haven't met me, you're just judging me through the media'. That becomes difficult."

The mother-of-five said public criticism of her appearance had affected her 17-year-old daughter, Princess.

"She's been put off [surgery] for life, seeing what I go through," she added.

"She goes 'mum, you don't need it, look how pretty you were' and I'm like 'oh no I look so ugly'."

Price, from Brighton, praised her daughter for being "beautiful and stunning", aspects the ex-model felt never applied to herself.

She added: "I've never thought I was pretty. If I did, I wouldn't do all this stuff to myself, would I?"

Price climbed to the top of the fame ladder before the creation of social media, utilising her relationships with print, broadcast and online journalists to remain in the public conversation.

Her visibility in today's celebrity landscape has remained high, but stories about her financial and legal struggles have seen her fall out of favour somewhat.

She accused some media outlets of using her name for "clickbait".

"When I started, it was all newspaper and print and you didn't have a voice," Price said.

"Nowadays, you have a voice and a lot of the newspapers - it's all about clickbait. They get the worst headline to make you click on it."

Price also said social media created a new landscape for people to distort reality themselves, rather than it being just the media controlling the narrative.

"With social media you've also got airbrushing, you've got filters. You can change how you look," she added.

"I'm always changing as I keep getting my face done, so I probably look different every year - but at least I own that."

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