'I lost my virginity to Simon Cowell at 16... but it was all downhill from there': Face of the Eighties, Paula Hamilton reveals how her life started to spiral out of control

Model Paula Hamilton, one of the most famous faces of the 1980s, revealed that she lost her virginity to Simon Cowell.

Miss Hamilton, 50, star of the iconic Volkswagen Golf TV Commercial decade, said she was 16 at the time.

She says in today's Daily Mail magazine Weekend she lost her virginity to "a boy named Simon - the man who grew up to be the X factor and Britains Got Talent Svengali whose fortune is estimated at £ 200 million.

She and Cowell have fallen in love with childhood growing up in leafy Hertfordshire in the 1970s, "she said.

She also said that contrary to his Mr Nasty image on television, it was "very, very protective and arrested his vilify teachers.

She continued: "I could not read or write until I was 11. So I was called stupid and intimidated by teachers. Simon was really important to me because he stopped taking me. "

In addition to being her knight in shining armor adolescents, Cowell could also be a rebel. According to Miss Hamilton - a reformed alcoholic and drug addict cocaine - the first time she has never been drunk was with Cowell.

"It was funny and rebellious like me," she said. "Alcohol is the feelings in me go.

Discovered by photographer David Bailey, Miss Hamilton has become one of the stars of the 1980 model.