Porter: Hell that led me to go bald

Television presenter Gail Porter today spoke for the first time about the post-natal depression which caused her hair to fall out.

The 34-year-old fell victim to alopecia after giving birth to her daughter Honey, three, and has lost almost all her body hair.

Her decision to shave off the remains of her hair and her refusal to wear a hat or wig has seen her nominated for a bravery award.

Today in an interview with the Guardian she spoke of the torment she has been through.

Porter, who presents Dead Famous Live for LIVINGtv, says she feels like "something out of Star Trek". She was voted one of the world's most beautiful women in 1999. But post-natal depression left the former anorexic convinced she was a poor mother.

She said: "I had no idea what it was. I just thought I was a bad mum." Her marriage to musician Dan Hipgrave of Toploader collapsed last year.

Porter rejected her bravery award nomination, saying: "I've not saved anyone's life. It's no big deal."