But despite her provocative poses that had blokes drooling into their bitter, behind the scenes her feelings of discomfort were rapidly growing.

From the moment that I first walked into a studio the pressure was always on me to strip off," she continued. And after just a few years Beverley beat a hasty retreat, choosing to slide into a life of anonymity.

Meanwhile, as the nineties heralded Girl Power and the first incarnations of woke-ness, Big D decided to do away with the pervy boards. Posing for any kind of glamour shots – even when I was covered up – never came easy for me," she said. She explained: “After a fairly short time I got fed up with it and made up my mind to stop doing glamour altogether. But although I did think about it once or twice I knew deep down that I would never me happy with myself if I gave in.”