Two years after raising funds to treat her make-believe cancer, Elizabeth "Elle" Edmunds has pleaded guilty to fraud, but says she was under "significant" duress.

The 32-year-old, formerly of Belmont, has admitted to accepting $2135 in donations during an online-driven fundraising campaign to help treat late-stage ovarian cancer.

Elizabeth Edmunds, pictured here after winning Miss Illustrated Pinup Australia. Credit:Stephen Wark

As part of the campaign, pictures of Edmunds having her head shaved were posted on a social media site pleading for funds to help pay for cancer-treating drugs from the UK and America.

She told people she was diagnosed in April, 2014, and that by September it had spread to her lungs. She went into great detail online about plans for her funeral.