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A GIRL of 21 with three A-levels killed herself because she couldn't get a job.

Brainy Vicky Harrison was desperate to work but had been turned down for more than 200 jobs in two years.

Finally, after yet another rejection letter, she took a massive overdose of pills.

She told her mother in a suicide note: "I don't want to be me any more."

Vicky's heartbroken mum Louise said last night: "She was humiliated that she couldn't find work.

"The day before she died she had a rejection letter from a nursery job and that was a blow.

"That letter, combined with the fact she had to go and sign-on the next day, was too much for her.

"Vicky was a wonderful daughter and to say her death was a shock is an understatement.

"We're struggling to come to terms with it. Vicky is, and always was, special.

"It was obvious how upset she had become but she would never want to tell us how down she was. She didn't want to upset us."

Vicky's dad Tony added: "In the end, it obviously got her down to a point that she felt she had no future.

"It shouldn't have been like that. Vicky had a lot to give and she was very determined.

"She was such a gorgeous girl and had a stunning smile. She was clever too, and she never wanted charity.

"There was no reason why she shouldn't have been able to find a job."

Vicky, of Darwen, Lancashire, left school with three A-levels and 10 GCSEs and spent a year at university before deciding to leave and get a job.

She tried to get work as a waitress, shop assistant and dinner lady. But even though she sent off applications every week, she got nothing back but rejection.

Many of her letters were totally ignored.

Vicky took the overdose on March 31. Tony found her, surrounded by empty pill bottles and blister packs.

She left three notes, one for each of her parents and one for her boyfriend of three years, Nathan Haworth, 22.

Vicky wrote: "It is just that I don't want to be me any more. Please don't be sad. It is not your fault. I want everybody in my life to be HAPPY."

Nathan and Vicky's parents hope to start a support group for other young people struggling to find a future.

"I've lost my soulmate," Nathan said. "I can't believe she's gone.

"The support group needs to be a place where people can understand this is not the end of the world.

"Some good needs to come from Vicky's death."

Vicky's funeral was held in Darwen last week. An inquest will be held in June.