Inside model Demi Rose’s life – from tragic de.aths to rapper romances

Demi Rose turns 26 years old today and while it looks like the Instagram model lives nothing but a life of luxury, she has had her fair share of heartbreak over the years, from losing her parents to her mental health battles

Demi Rose might be best known for flashing her curves on Instagram for her 16million followers to enjoy, but she is so much more than that.

Turning 26 today, the influencer and model shares daily snaps and undoubtedly has made millions from flaunting how undeniably beautiful she is.

Her 26 years on this Earth has featured many things along the way, from success to heartbreak to horror.

Behind the sexy snaps, there is a normal and down-to-earth Brummie girl who left the UK to live in America and live out her dreams.

With spirituality often preached on her page and in her heart, she has appeared to manifest past what life chucked her way.

And good on her! Here are some of Demi’s tougher chapters…

Parents dying months apart

Demi Rose lost her parents eight months apart (Image: Instagram)
Within just months, Demi lost her father, Barrie Mawby, in October of 2019, and then her mother Christine Mawby passed away in June 2019.

Barrie, who was 80 when he passed away, was a former bank manager, while Christine, 63, worked for the NHS.

Having older parents came with its struggles for the swimwear model, as she explained previously: “It’s always been very hard with my parents as they’ve been older.”

She says they have always been nothing but supportive of her dreams of modelling and encouraged her to follow her goals.

Back in 2016, Christine told Mail Online: “We’re right behind her. She’s such a beautiful girl, why shouldn’t she? If you’ve got it, flaunt it.”

Proud dad Barrie added: “She was always interested in beauty and a good-looking girl to boot. I could always see it coming as she’s very ambitious.”

The star has spoken out on her parents’ deaths only a few times as she says it is understandably incredibly difficult to talk about.

On an Instagram Story during a Q&A she opened up on it to help people deal with grief.

A month after her mum died, she said: “It’s been a month today since my mum passed away.

“On the day that it happened I was far behind with the UK time difference to LA, and I woke up to loads of texts. I didn’t believe that it could have happened.

“I mean I had already lost my dad, that was hard enough.

“My mum had been ill for seven years. She was disabled, and she was such a trooper. I feel like now at least now they’re both together, and they’re in peace.”

She finished: “Everyone deals with grief differently. Hopefully, if any of you have been going through any grief you can find something in this that inspires you.”

Her eating disorder

Demi Rose previously opened up about her eating disorder (Image: INSTAGRAM)
Something Demi does not speak about often is how she once suffered from an eating disorder when she was a teenager.

Demi revealed she once weighed just 80 pounds.

On her Instagram, she confessed: “I changed my life around. No longer were restricting myself and constantly taking pictures of myself week by week getting skinnier and skinnier.”

The model admitted that it “took a lot of willpower” to “stop hating” herself, but that she refuses to go back to that dark place again.

It was in 2014 that Demi told her secret bravely to the world.

On April 23 of that year, Demi made her first post on her Twitter about the mental illness as she tweeted that she had beat it.

Demi tweeted: “Proud to have gotten over an eating disorder and found peace with my own body.

“I’ve learnt to appreciate what I have, accept and work with it.”

In another tweet, she added: “It was a year ago. The best thing I did was listen to someone and change. Happy now.”