We’ve taken a look into the lives of models Rob, Ocean, Charlotte, BB, Jay and Jesse from Dirty Sexy Things’, and now we’re now checking out Ariella.

The self proclaimed tom boy with the blonde Barbie looks started out in the industry as a teen model, having kicked off her modelling career at just 14 years old.

Describing herself as a ‘serial nomad’, Ariella lived in several European countries before she was scouted outside Oxford Circus station in London. Despite the fact she ‘lost’ this scout’s business card, she promptly decided to get in touch with a modelling agency after deciding that she could ‘really use the cash!’

Now a very successful editorial and commercial model, Ariella’s London clients include Selfridges, Tom Ford, L’Oreal and Matches. She has also walked in shows for Guess and Gai Mattiolo in Milan, Guess by Marciano and Gomez Gracia in Paris.

But what has Ariella’s favourite job been in her modelling career been so far? “It was a cover shoot with an amazing ten page editorial by Juan Trujillo for Super Sweet magazine which was in London and in Thailand. He’s this amazing Spanish photographer. We had three layers of lighting and there were extra lights and shadows and shapes. It was the most difficult thing ever because my make up was melting, I was hot, I couldn’t see because I was blinded by the projector in my eyes and he’s telling me to make these shapes and we had one day to get a cover shot and ten different shots and all of it with different clothes, different hair, different styling, different accessories.”

Despite being a ladylike model on set, it seems Ariella is somewhat of a tomboy, as she reveals a side to her that many wouldn’t regard as classic model behaviour: “I grew up with three boys and we raced motorbikes and scooters. I’m a total petrol head. I learnt to fly an airplane when I was fourteen. I love fast machines. I love fast cars. I am such an adrenaline junkie. I’ve done bungee jumps in New Zealand. I love the rush.”

Dirty Sexy Things airs on Mondays at 10pm on E4, but if you’re like us and can’t wait to hear more from this model, then follow Ariella on Twitter @miss_ariella.