Kate Moss was thrust into catwalk fame after being discovered by a top model scout as a teenager. And the cover star, 47, who rarely shares on her private life, has opened up on growing up in Croydon and how she was "keen to get away" from the South London town way before she found herself in the fashion world.
The household name - who led the way for the controversial 'heroin chic' trend in the 90s due to her lithe physique - revealed that being a youth in her hometown is not something she reflects on with longing.
The clothes horse told Readers Digest : "As far as growing up in Croydon went, it wasn't a time I look back on longingly, certainly not so much as the place itself.
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