YouTube star Zoella has posed topless in a magazine shoot while defending some of the choices she has made by declaring: "I am a 26-year-old woman".
The star, whose real name is Zoe Sugg, is the cover star of this month's Blogosphere magazine. In the shoot, she was photographed looking over her shoulder while topless, posing in just a grey denim jacket on a chair and lying on a bed in a grey jumper and underwear.
She has previously been criticised on social media for posting a selfie of herself wearing a long-sleeved white top and underwear to bed. Discussing her critics with the publication, the vlogger revealed she went through a period where "everything was so difficult".
"I felt like I was suffocated," she said. "Other creators saying that I wasn't doing this, or I should be doing this. Or press saying, 'you have young teen viewers'. I was like yes, but I am also a 26-year-old woman.
"The minute you start questioning those things and you start questioning your own behaviour is the minute you are not enjoying it any more."
Zoella shot to fame in 2009 and regularly posts fashion and beauty videos, as well as clips about her life in Brighton with her boyfriend, fellow YouTube star, Alfie Deyes. She has built up more than 11 million followers on the video-sharing site, as well as nearly 10 million on Instagram and 6.5 million on Twitter.
She also speaks openly about dealing with anxiety and counts herself as "definitely a feminist". She added later in the interview: "I think it’s amazing that there are so many women bossing it and having the freedom to do do whatever it is that they really want to do.
"I’m so glad that I followed on with something that I was enjoying, even though I had no idea that it could amount to anything."
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