"I got a lot of comments saying, 'you look so much better without your lip filler’, which to me are backhanded compliments."
Faye Winters has spoken out about embracing what makes you happy, regardless of what others think.
During her stint in the Love Island villa, Faye's lips were much talked about and often the target of online trolls - who she refers to as "nasty people".
Speaking to
The Sun, the 26-year-old said she prefers her appearance with lip fillers, and isn't here to please others.
When Faye got her
lip fillers dissolved last month, she was bombarded with comments telling her she looked much better au natural. And she wasn't happy.
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“I got a lot of comments saying, ‘You look so much better without your lip filler’ or ‘You look so much younger’ - which to me are backhanded compliments," she told
The Sun.
"They looked hideous without filler — so wrinkly, like a raisin. They would have rejuvenated in time, but there wasn’t one part of me that was going to allow them to stay like that. I prefer me with lip filler.
“I will never be influenced by anyone else’s opinion. I don’t do anything for anyone else. I’m not here to please every Tom, Dick and Harry.”
Due to an accident during an unaired Love Island challenge over the summer, Faye's lips were damaged leaving them uneven, with one side protruding. The injury even affected her speech.
Solving this meant Faye had to temporarily dissolve the filler and return to her natural lips, although she was reluctant.
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"My confidence literally shrivels to nothing without my filler," she says. "I didn’t even want to go out of the house.
"I have naturally very small lips and I’m never gonna sit here and say that I like them. On some girls it looks beautiful, but with me, my nose looks bigger, my chin looks bigger..."
Faye thinks it is important for people in the public eye to be upfront and honest about what work they have had done.
"I never want to hide the fact I’ve had my lips done or my breasts enlarged because denying what you’ve had done can cause harm to young people. They want to look like you, but can’t."
The Devon native is a big believer in doing what makes you happy, but warns anyone considering cosmetic work to take the time to choose a surgeon carefully and be sure to go to a registered doctor.
Now that Faye is in the public eye, she's well aware people will always have their opinions on her, but she isn't phased.
"Unfortunately, there are some nasty people out there who think commenting on some-one else’s appearance is going to bring them down. But it doesn’t get me down because I am happy. You don’t like my lips? Well, tough. Deal with it."
Well said, Faye.
