Meet Moffy, the cross-eyed model We speak to 19-year-old Moffy, the model being hailed as the face of change in the fashion industry thanks for her 'funny eye' - but she's not sure what all the fuss is about There's a lot being made of the fact that up-and-coming model Moffy has strabismus, or crossed-eyes in layman's terms. While it's frightening that even now in the 21st century it's abnormal for someone in the public eye to be anything less than cookie-cutter perfect, it's refreshing to see someone who isn't - though she is undoubtedly, enviably beautiful, all pillowed lipped with more than a touch of the young Angelina Jolie about her. Moffy, short for Myfanwy ("when I was little my parents used to sing 'little miss Moffy sat on her toffee' and it just stuck forever, partly, I think, because Myfanwy is a bit of a mouthful," she tells us), somewhat stumbled into her first modelling job. Said job just so happened to be the cover of Pop magazine, the iconic fashion publication founded by Katie Grand at the turn of the Millennium. Then came a contract with agency responsible for Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne, Storm. Cue many an article hailing her the ultimate mold-breaking beauty. Moffy, shot by Hannah Hillier The Telegraph decided to go straight to the horse's mouth, if you will, and ask the 19-year-old from London about her sterling start and how she feels about all the fuss... How long have you been modelling? I was scouted by Chelsea from the Storm Models agency when I was 14 at a festival, but I think I was a bit young for it then so I only started doing shoots about a year ago. You're challenging the idea that models must look a certain, conventional way - how does this make you feel? It wasn't my intention before I did the shoot for Pop to become a model and because the whole thing has happened almost by chance and not as some kind of active statement on my part, I find it hard to take credit for 'challenging' anything; although I suppose that is inadvertently what I have done. Although I sometimes found it difficult when I was young, when I was old enough to make the decision about whether to have my eye fixed or not I realised that if I did so I would feel that I was being untrue to myself and if I can manage to use something which I previously saw as an affliction as a medium to make other people feel that it's permissible to embrace their 'flaws' then that's a wonderful thing and I am very flattered that people are seeing it that way. Were you worried that having strabismus would be an issue as a model? I think that the term 'strabismus' is too scientific and makes it sound as if I have a condition that affects other aspects of my life; and I have never seen it in those terms, as far as I'm concerned I've just got a funny eye! I feel very lucky however that it has captured people's imagination and ironically, it seems to be the one thing that has made me interesting to people as a model instead of putting me at a disadvantage. Was it ever an issue growing up? When I was little I had to wear big round glasses and an eye patch to school to try and strengthen my weaker eye and I always felt a slight separation between myself and other 'normal' children. I think that's because people see it almost as a sign of neglect, which is silly because my parents tried to do everything they could to make it better but didn't want to risk the operation because I would have been put under general anaesthetic, which is dangerous when you're a child. I was always very lucky though, in that my mum told me every day of my childhood that I was beautiful and special and so I have had deeply instilled in me a feeling of self-confidence. Pop was your first magazine shoot, what was it like? How did the shoot come about? I knew what it looked like from the outside but I'd never considered what it would feel like to be in front of the camera, and because it was the first shoot I ever did I had no idea what to expect. It was the first time I'd entered that part of myself and it was a bit surreal but I was really lucky that Max [Pearmain, Pop editor] and Tyrone [Le Bon, photographer] are both kind and have a sense of humour so they made me feel comfortable. They were looking for someone new to shoot and Adwoa, Tyrone's girlfriend, suggested me to them. What does the future hold for you? I don't really know, the whole thing has been so unexpected that I think I'll just wait and see what happens! The best thing about it is meeting lots of interesting people and photographers like Tyrone so hopefully that will continue to happen.