Rebecca Adlington: I will always wish I was a pretty girl, In an interview with the Times, she has now said she hoped her frankness would help girls who had seen her. "I will always be insecure and I will always look in the mirror and wish I was a pretty girl," she said. I was never one of those girls that the boys wanted to ask out. I was never one of the girls who got any attention. She added it had "never really bothered her," with her talent for swimming giving her the confidence boost she needed. After suggesting to the newspaper she would not rule out cosmetic surgery, she added: "I am very aware that when I look in the mirror, it's not the person who I want to be." Adlington has previously been targeted on social media for her looks, with comedianFrankie Boyle joking on television that she "looks pretty weird... like someone who's looking at themselves in the back of a spoon." The remark on BBC Two satirical show Mock The Week, made in 2008, earned a reprimand from the BBC Trust who branded it "humiliating" and "offensive." Adlington went on to make a formal complaint through her agent, arguing that the punishment was nothing more than "a slap on the wrist." She has previously said: "It's hard for a woman. A woman has to deal with it - and that's never easy. A guy doesn't get comments on his weight or his looks. They just don't care, guys, do they? But for women it is difficult because we get criticised for our weight or how we look. It's just how it is.