Will Chloe Ayling move on from kidnap trauma by cashing in on Celebrity Big Brother deal?
SHE was kidnapped, drugged, stuffed in a bag and threatened with being sold as a sex slave on the dark web last summer after being lured to Milan for a fake photoshoot.
But today, as Chloe Ayling’s abductor Lucasz Herba was sentenced to 16 years and nine months imprisonment, rumours emerged that the former model is planning on using her new found fame to her advantage and signing up for Celebrity Big Brother.
A TV source told The Sun: “Chloe has previously said that she wouldn't do reality TV, but she is in talks to do the next series of Celebrity Big Brother.
"The premise of the series is retribution and people who have been wronged, so she definitely fits the bill from that perspective.
"On top of that, she is obviously incredibly glamorous, so producers are really keen to get her on board.
"It's not a done deal yet, but if she does sign, she would be in line for about £75k which isn't bad for a few weeks work."
The 20-year-old mum-of-one from Coulsdon, South London, is now able to focus on rebuilding her life and try and put the trauma of the whole ordeal behind her.
So what else can we expect to see from the former glamour model who shot to fame for all the wrong reasons?
New beginnings
Chloe has spent the last few months touring the world and showing off her luxurious lifestyle on photoshoots in LA, Vegas, Florida and Dubai, as well as visiting posh ski resorts in Switzerland.
They are the travels most of us would dream of - and wouldn’t be able to afford if we tried.
But Ayling’s new agent, Adrian Sington, works for Kruger Cowne - a glamorous after dinner speech and media company already representing A-listers including Claudia Schiffer, Cher, John Cleese and Bob Geldof - and she looks set to make a lot of money over the next few months.
“Before all this she was being paid £400, £500 max for a magazine shoot - and she did a couple of YouTube shoots worth about £1,000," one source who knew the model told us.
"But modelling is not what is used to be, there’s not much money in it anymore.
“It seems like she’s living the dream now.
“She got about £5,000 for 12 minutes with Piers Morgan after she was kidnapped,” they added.
“You can make thousands from TV interviews and that’s what she’s all about now.
“Her new agent will be negotiating the highest sums for everything. And then there’s all the shoots abroad on her Instagram.”
New rules
But despite making money from interviews, Chloe reportedly refuses to earn money from provocative shoots and won’t “take her clothes off for money” after what happened to her.
Now, her sexy shoots are all about self-love and empowerment.
Her new agent will be negotiating the highest sums for everything
A source close to her said she’s “living the dream”, travelling all over the world for shoots with tens of thousands of pounds worth of travel expenses paid for.
“She just likes doing the shoots because she likes posting the pictures on her Instagram account,” they said.
“She likes the attention that having a body like hers gets you.”
Travel bug
And the model is clearly enjoying the perks of the job, sharing a number of pictures from glamorous destinations where she’s been working, relaxing and trying to get over the shock of what happened to her.
At the end of January, she took a break and flew to Switzerland, where she was pictured on the slopes in a bright red onesie with a huge, black fur hood and ski goggles.
A couple of days later she posted pictures of herself sitting on the fence of a gorgeous lakeside cabin in Blausee, near Bern, which she described as “the most beautiful place” she’d been.
She then flew to Singapore in May and was pictured going for a morning swim in the luxurious pool of an expensive-looking hotel in a white swimsuit that barely covered her chest.
Five days later she was off to the Maldives for a holiday in “heaven”, posing in turquoise waters and on white sands in a series of skimpy, striped swimming costumes and aviators, often with a pina colada in hand.
Back in business
Desperate to move on with her life, Chloe also started flying regularly to Los Angeles in December, where she started working with erotic photographer, Mike Tang.
One of his pictures of her shows her lying face down on a shag-pile rug in a white thong, while in another sexy snap she saunters upstairs in only black lingerie and a suspender belt.
In February Chloe posed for a topless shoot with only two packets of crisps covering her breasts.
The images, taken in Las Vegas, were posted on Chloe’s social media account and received widespread attention.
In March, she was back in Italy - this time in Florence - and posing in a hotel bathroom in a barely-there, black Adidas swimsuit.
Despite Milan being only around three hours away by car, she proved she was brave enough to visit the country again.
But most of her work since the ordeal has been near Hollywood.
She flew back to LA in April for another shoot on Venice Beach, were she was pictured in a tight, brown jumpsuit unzipped almost to her navel and leaning over a chocolate Labrador.
Pouting in front of a wooden lifeguard hut with a tan and curled beach hair she almost looked like a young Pamela Anderson, and more than 300 people liked the photo online.
In April she was pictured from behind wearing nothing but chunky white latex ankle boots and tiny white underwear in front of the famous Hollywood sign.
A new life
But it’s not all about the glamourous life for Chloe.
While in LA, she takes days off from shoots to chill out on the beach and reflect on her life.
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In December she posted a sunbathing selfie to her Facebook page showing her sitting on a towel in a tight pink swimming costume with the water lapping at the sandy beach behind her.
Despite not being known just a year ago, Chloe is now a household name and it’s not known how and if she will use her newfound fame in the future.