A glamour model who takes 100 selfies a day has revealed she is hooked on Human Growth Hormone (HGH) to help her stay looking young.

Single mother-of-three Jacqui Ryland, from Worcester, admits on Channel 5 show Body Freaks that she knows there are risks involved in injecting the class C drugs, but says she has become addicted.

The 29-year-old said of the jabs, which are illegal to supply and should only be taken on prescription: 'It makes your skin look better, makes you look younger and your nails and hairs grow and shed fat.'

Single mother-of-three Jacqui Ryland, from Worcester has admitted she has taken HGH in her bid to have the perfect image in her selfies

Jacqui said she started taking the class C drugs when going to the gym alone wasn't giving her the results she wanted for her figure

But she admits: 'The side effects can be your heart can grow which can be dangerous. If you have a cancerous cell in your body it will multiply it at a quick rate.

'Is it addictive? Yes because of the results you get. I've noticed when it leaves my body, I put weight on, I feel tired and less positive.'

Jacqui, who has also taken steroids in her pursuit of the perfect body, said she felt the need to try prohibited substances when the gym alone wasn't giving her the results she wanted.

'You get to a certain level and then you need to get to the next level and you think, "how do I get there?"' she explained.

Of the dangers to her health, she said: 'I have been told it is crazy and a massive risk. But if someone tells me not to do something, nine out of ten times I will go and do it.'

The glamour model told Channel 5 that taking a selfie is like taking a breath as she does it so often every day

She shares her pictures with thousands of her online followers who inundate her with gifts including Rolex watches and televisions

However, she said she has learnt her lesson when it comes to plastic surgery after she had a boob job and her PIP implant ruptured. She had to have emergency treatment after one of the implants leaked toxic chemicals into her body.

Jacqui first had breast augmentation when she was 17 as she hated growing up being flat-chested and wanted to change her appearance. But she said she regrets that decision now.

She said: 'If I knew at 17 when I was going for surgery what I know now then I wouldn't have done it.'

The mother of Grace, nine, and James, seven, said she would rather not have breast implants at all now - but she had a third op to repair the damage following the burst implant as her cleavage has now become her livelihood.

'My boobs have got me noticed, there is not a day that goes by on the internet when someone doesn't mention my boobs,' she admits, as she has 101,000 followers on Twitter and a similar number on Instagram and Snapchat.

Jacqui said she uses lighting and filters to get perfect pictures but that's no longer enough so now she is taking HGH too, as she said it improves her appearance

The 29-year-old had a boob job when she was 17 but lived to regret it after an implant ruptured

After she published an Amazon wishlist on her Twitter profile, she said she was inundated with expensive gifts from strangers.

'The majority of the time I have no clue who sent it, like this TV, it just turned up,' she said pointing to a flat screen TV in her bedroom.

She's also been sent an Apple Mac, shoes, Louis Vuitton sunglasses, a Cartier bracelet and a £5,000 Rolex watch amongst other gifts.

The attention started thanks to her obsession with selfies, as she admits she takes '100 a day, at the gym, in bed, if I go somewhere. To me taking a selfie is like taking a breath.'

Jacqui said she can't help taking selfies but she hopes her daughter doesn't become like her

Jacqui said she takes '100 selfies a day, at the gym, in bed, if I go somewhere'

The model said taking selfies has got her where she is today with thousands of followers who send her expensive gifts from an Amazon wishlist she has published on her Twitter profile

She admits this obsession with selfies 'led on to my obsession with my body' and she has gone from trying to get the perfect image using lighting and filters to taking drugs to change her body.

She said: 'If someone said I was vain and body obsessed I would say "damn right".'

Jacqui confesseds that she would hate her daughter to follow in her footsteps and worries that she will 'change into me' and become obsessed with her image as she gets older.

But she added that she doesn't feel she can change her ways and stop taking so many pictures of herself and sharing them online.

'I don't think I will ever stop unless I am dead,' she admitted. 'I cringe to be one of the world's biggest selfie takers but I can't complain as it has taken me where I am today.'

Body Freaks: Make Me A Perfect 10 is on Channel 5 Tuesday at 10pm