BBC The Traitors Mollie’s incredible modelling career, sweet boyfriend tribute and travel plans

The Traitors Mollie Pearce enjoys a lively social life with her boyfriend and is a glamorous model but has endured a ‘vicious’ health condition for years that saw her ‘biggest fear come true’

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As season two of The Traitors heats up even further for a grand finale, we take a look at the real life of Mollie Pearce, from her love life, amazing career, passions and long-term health battles.

Mollie is one of the 22 contestants from BBC reality show The Traitors. The 21 year old from Bristol is a healthcare assistant and a stunning model who has starred in campaigns for the likes of Kurt Geiger, Tommy Hilfiger and adidas.

She is in a long-term relationship with her lucky fella Max Backwell and the loved-up pair went Instagram official back in July 2021. Just before Mollie’s debut on the reality show, her chuffed chap took to the social platform to shout about his girl: “Super proud of everything you have achieved but I think this one tops it cannot wait for tonight,” he wrote.

The couple love to go to festivals, including Glastonbury where they’ve been several times and relish jetting off on holiday together. They regularly post snaps of their trips to fabulous destinations such as Italy, Greece and Lanzarote.

In fact Mollie has revealed that if she won the show prize money she’d spend it on more trips abroad and put it towards a deposit for a house. She told the BBC: “I’d love to go travelling in the future, so I’d definitely feel more relaxed about that if I won because at my age, you kind of have to choose between getting your own place, moving out, travelling but then having nothing to come back to.

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@mollie_pearcee/Instagram) Max and Mollie love to have fun days out together (

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“It would be so nice to have that and go and live my dream of travelling and come back and still be secure enough to put a deposit down on a house, that would be amazing.”

But behind the fun, frolics and her beautiful smile, Mollie has endured a painful struggle with her health. When she was just 11, she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, which is an inflammation of the lower end of the digestive system, including the large bowel and rectum.

At times Mollie was in so much pain she could barely walk up the stairs and hospital became her “second home”. She has described the illness as a “vicious disease which will tear you up from the inside out”.

Hospital became Mollie’s ‘second home’ (

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Instagram) Mollie promotes stylish stoma-friendly underwear (

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The cause of the painful and debilitating condition is unknown and in Mollie’s case it became so severe that three years ago doctors decided they had to remove her colon.

When she was told she would need the procedure she shared her fears on Instagram, writing: “This is a post I hoped I would never have to write. On the 30th of September, I went to the hospital for a check-up and ended up being admitted due to the severity of my symptoms. I didn’t think in a million years my biggest fear was about to come true.

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Instagram) Mollie celebrated the third anniversary of her stoma bag (

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“I have been fighting ulcerative colitis for 8 years and last week it finally won when I had to say goodbye to my colon forever. It is a major 7-hour operation which has scared me since being diagnosed.”

However, Mollie, who was also born with some missing digits on her right hand, has embraced her stoma bag and poses for pictures with it on her social media, promoting stylish stoma-friendly underwear sets.

Mollie now wants to promote awareness of colitis and Crohn’s disease, as she says that although the conditions aren’t rare, many people don’t talk about it as it can be hard to open up due to the fear of embarrassment.

“All I ask is that if you have any time please educate yourself on Crohn’s and colitis,” she wrote at the time of her op. “It affects a huge amount of people and can be very hard to explain and understand.

“It’s going to take a lot of time and strength to adjust to my new life with a stoma bag. It’s important to remember beauty isn’t external and it’s about who you are and how you view things. All our bodies are beautiful! Please share this and anything you know about IBD to spread as much awareness as possible about this vicious illness. Let’s get you educated! Thank you to everyone for all the love and support. Scars make us strong.”

Back in October, Mollie even marked three years of having her stoma bag with a celebratory post. She shared a photo of herself with it on show next to a pink number 3 balloon and captioned it: “Happy 3-year stoma-versary Sid. Thanks for giving me my life back.”

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