Supermodel Rachel Hunter Felt Pressure to Hide Her Jowls

Rachel Hunter speaks on stage during the “Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty” panel at the Ovation 2016 Winter TCA on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, in Pasadena, Calif. Photo: AP

Even supermodels feel pressure to keep up their looks.

Rachel Hunter confesses she has considered plastic surgery after feeling “horrified” seeing photos of herself. The 46-year-old former Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model took to wearing scarves to hide her jowls.

“In real life I was fairly happy with myself. In photos I was horrified,” she said. “People were like, ‘Why don’t you get rid of those deep lines (around her mouth)?’”

Hunter, who has two grown children with ex-husband Rod Stewart, changed her opinion once she began working on her new Ovation series Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty. The 13-episode show debuting Jan. 17 takes viewers around the globe to discover indigenous beauty secrets and how beauty is defined in different cultures.

“After going on this journey and seeing other cultures away went that superficial idea of beauty,” she said. “Ideas of beauty are old and need to be shattered. We have no self-acceptance. If we don’t enjoy who we are then how can you offer fully any sense of beauty or well-being or longevity?”