VIDEO: Young Notts mum loses third of her body weight and wins national Slimming World title

Sophie Jude, 23, struggled with her weight from a young age, but was humiliated after she spilled a glass of wine on herself and had to dry her clothes, revealing her big pants to partner Carl.

The skincare specialist has now been named Slimming World’s Miss Slinky 2018 after losing four stone and dropping from a size 16 to a size eight - after ditching her nightly sponge pudding with custard.

She said: "I struggled with my weight from a young age - at school I was always the curvy girl who tried to cover my insecurities by being bubbly and loud.

"At the age of 14 I won a scholarship to a performing arts school in London and that’s when my weight really started to affect me.

"There was a lot of pressure to look a certain way and if I felt down or missed home I would comfort myself with food.

"I remember one occasion where a teacher took me outside of the classroom in front of everyone and told me that I was talented but that I needed to lose weight if I was going to make it.

"In the end I became so upset about my size that I gave up on my dream of becoming a dancer because I didn’t feel as though I’d ever be accepted in the industry at the size I was."

Sophie, who is mum to one-year-old daughter Vogue, tried a number of diets but nothing stuck and she continued to struggle with her weight.

She was finally shocked into shedding the pounds after her friends took a photo before a night out shortly after the birth of her daughter which ‘made her heart sink’ - because she feared that it might be shared on social media.

Sophie, who is 5ft 5, added: "I had a few embarrassing moments along the way but the one that really sticks in the mind is the night Carl and I had our second date.

"I ended up spilling a glass of wine on myself and had to change into some of Carl’s clothes while I dried mine on the radiator – including my big control knickers.

"We laugh about it now but I was mortified to have to put my big Bridget Jones pants on display.

"I’ll never forget that photo, I remember looking at it for the first time and it broke my heart.

"I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and I felt so vulnerable that people had this awful picture of me on their phone.

"I was so worried in case one of them decided to share it on social media and in that moment I knew I’d had enough – I didn’t ever want to feel that way again."

Sophie joined a Slimming World group in Beeston, in September 2016 with her mum, and said she was shocked to find out just how much she could still eat.

She has swapped big bowls of cereal and chocolate biscuits for porridge and fruit, and now eats jacket potatoes instead of huge baguettes for lunch.

But Sophie, of Nottingham, can still enjoy her favourite dishes, such as curries, chocolate and even chips.