The documentary-maker tells her friend, actress and writer Margo Stilley, how the Young and Homeless Helpline will be there for those who – like she once did – have nowhere else to turn For Lorna Tucker her big break came at her lowest moment. She was 17 and begging for drug money at Charing Cross Station when she was spotted by an agency and went on to became a successful model. Now in her thirties and a mother of three who has been clean for seven years, she has modelled for some of the world’s biggest brands and is a professional documentary-maker working globally.
But that does not mean she can ever forget what it was like to be 15 and running away from home, a decision that resulted in her living on the street and developing a debilitating heroin habit.

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