By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 10:07 EST, 28 October 2013 | UPDATED: 10:39 EST, 28 October 2013
Victoria's Secret Angel Doutzen Kroes has admitted how her job can have detrimental effects on a young woman's self-esteem.
'S ometimes it makes me feel guilty now that I am in this profession that makes certain girls insecure,' t he 28-year-old told the New York Post.
She also insisted that the lingerie images don't always reflect real life, adding: 'I always say, I don't look like the picture . . . If you put me in bad light with no hair and makeup, it's not good.
'I wake up sometimes like, this is not what I see when I look at the magazine, who is this visitor in the bathroom?' she admitted.
The model had been commenting on how happy she was that Governor Cuomo signed new legislation into law last week, which will see child labor protections extended to models under the age of 18 for the first time.
In an industry that viciously resists change, the law was a major accomplishment for The Model Alliance, a non-profit organization which has been advocating for model rights since its launch in February 2012.
The new law mandates that fashion brands and magazines hire a responsible chaperon for models under the age of 16, as well as a teacher and a dedicated space for instruction under its e ducation requirement .
Many designers and fashion magazines will most likely be discouraged from using extremely young models in their shows, campaigns and pages because of these requirements, which could see the face of modeling industry change from young adolescents to young women - which Miss Kroes hopes will have a positive effect on body ideals.
James Scully, casting director for some of the world's biggest designers, like Tom Ford and Carolina Herrera, explained: 'The passage of this bill will significantly curb the influx of underage models into the industry, which has unfortunately become the norm.'
Most models begin their career around the age of 13, often sacrificing their education, health and financial security to pursue a career in a previously unregulated industry.
'Model rights have long been trivialized and dismissed,' said Senate Labor Committee Chairwoman Diane Savino at a press conference held at designer Nicole Miller's SoHo store last week.
'By making this legislation the law in New York, we have brought an end to the rampant exploitation and sexual abuse of child models by giving child models the critical protections they've been denied for too long,' she said.
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