A 42-year-old mum says she regular gets asked for ID in shops because people thinks she's in her early 20s. Lydia Harris' youthful looks mean she racked up 18,000 'swipe rights' on Tinder before she met her boyfriend. The school 'dinner lady' says people ask her if she's had cosmetic surgery done but she hasn't - and swears by regular exercise and good genes.
She says her younger boyfriend Alex Brice, 36, a plumber, is left gutted when she’s asked for ID and he isn’t. She’s now entered the UK Calendar Girls competition - a beauty pageant for 18-45 year olds - and is hoping to make it into the 2025 charity calendar. Lydia, from Bridgwater, Somerset, who also works as a bartender, said: “I set up Tinder in 2020 and was in there for four weeks before I met my boyfriend – but before I deactivated it, I noticed I had around 18k likes.
“That’s what made me set up my modelling page on Instagram and I started getting messages asking if I did modelling or OnlyFans. People ask what my secret is and if I've had work done, but I say I think I’m just quite lucky and have young genes. “I’ve had no botox or lip fillers - you see typical women now who’ve had a lot of work done but I don’t look like that.
My boyfriend is 36 and is gutted because he never gets asked for ID and I'm older than him.” Lydia, mum to 15-year-old twins, says she set up Tinder after separating from her husband of 13 years in 2020 and was blown away by the number of potential matches she recei.
