Lean time as model Sophie Anderton is bankrupt

TROUBLED model Sophie Anderton, right, looks to be feeling the credit crunch more than most. A bankruptcy order has just been made against the former It Girl in the High Court.

The 31-year-old socialite and former face of Gossard has battled a string of well-documented problems in recent years, including cocaine addiction, revelations of high-class prostitution and a failed relationships with the likes of millionaire playboy Robert Hanson and Crystal Palace FC chairman Simon Jordan.

Last year she was exposed in a newspaper for allegedly offering sex for £10,000 a night and taking cocaine, which resulted in her being dropped from a £100,000 contract with tanning company Fake Bake.

A spokesman said at the time: “We operate a no tolerance policy towards drug use so feel we have been left with no alternative than to terminate Sophie’s contract.”

She previously admitted to having sex for £5,000 in January 2004 through a madam in Italy. She set her up on a “date” with a client who left her the money in a Christian Dior handbag.

The model claimed that at the time she was drinking and taking a lot of cocaine and had no money but the experience had “horrified” her.

Sophie first came to fame in the Nineties as a model with lingerie giant Gossard. She was soon earning enough money to fund a lavish lifestyle and became a regular guest on the London party circuit.

During this period she developed an addiction to cocaine and entered into a stormy relationship with footballer Mark Bosnich, who was a fellow cocaine addict.

She has admitted to suffering from bipolar dis­order and has been in and out of rehab.

Bristol-born Sophie has made two forays into reality television, appearing on I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! before a stint on Love Island where her selfish behaviour earned her the nickname of Me-Me.

Sophie could not be reached for comment last night.

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