'I'm drinking and smoking because my unborn baby is a BOY': Pregnant model

A pregnant would-be glamour model who had a breast enlargement on the NHS has admitted she is drinking and smoking because she is expecting a baby boy, not a girl. 

Josie Cunningham, 23, said if she knew she was having a son earlier, she would have gone through with the abortion she considered after being asked to appear on Big Brother. 

As a result, the mother-of-two has turned to alcohol and cigarettes to get over her disappointment.

The former escort is now smoking 20 a day, even though she knows it will harm the baby.

She has vowed to quit, but has said she needs her GP as well as NHS-funded nicotine patches and counselling to help her kick the habit.

Her comments come days after she was pictured smoking before getting into a taxpayer-funded taxi, a service she uses every day because she developed 'anxiety' issues after angry people confronted her on the bus. 

She told the Sunday Mirror: 'The evening I found out the sex of the baby was when I lit up my first cigarette. I’m not proud of it – but I couldn’t stop myself. It changed everything.

'Once I’d finished the cigarette I found it difficult to focus on anything positive, so I had a small glass of wine. 

'My intention was to have one, but before I knew it I was on my second and I’d smoked a whole packet of fags.' 

Today, Miss Cunningham revealed on Twitter that she will be releasing an autobiography at the end of the year.

Her agent Rob Cooper told Mail Online that the book will be 'Josie's exact words, completely unedited', meaning spelling and grammar mistakes will be included. 

Last week it was revealed that Miss Cunningham, and her two children aged six and three, are driven two-and-a-half miles to and from the local school every day in a journey which costs Leeds Council £30 a day.