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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Brooks Nader was "chasing perfection" during her teenage years

    The 29-year-old model moved to New York City during her teens, and Brooks got "cheek, jaw and lip" filler after being gifted $1,000 by her parents.


    She told Us Weekly: "When I was 18 and I moved to New York, I was like, 'I'm gonna get filler. I'm gonna do all these treatments, I'm gonna get lipo, whatever it is.'

    "My parents gave me, like, $1000 and they were like, 'Have fun.' I felt like it was what everyone was doing.

    "I was thrown into this world of Hollywood and chasing perfection. And I thought that getting filler was the answer."

    Brooks is refusing to rule out getting filler ever again - but it's not something she's planning to do at the moment.

    Asked if she would ever get filler again, Brooks replied: "I never say never to anything because if I age, you never know.

    "For right now, I'm loving my smile and how I'm looking. I feel like I'm looking like my old self again."

    Last year, Brooks confessed that she was "still working on [her] self-confidence".

    The model has been open about her use of GLP-1 medications, which aid weight-loss, and Brooks admitted that she's still on a "journey" with the drug and her health more generally.

    Asked if she's still using GLP-1 medications and if she'll ever get off them, Brooks told Us Weekly: "I mean, I think it's a learn as you go situation and trial and error.

    "I'm still working on my self-confidence and just my journey with that every day. It's different now."

    Brooks also confessed that she deals with the same struggles as "everyone else".

    The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue star - who was married to Billy Haire between 2019 and 2025 - explained: "I fluctuate like everyone else. So it just depends."

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