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South Wales has more gyms, tanning salons

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and beauty parlours per square mile than anywhere else in Britain.

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It's a recession-busting industry,

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grossing an estimated £2 billion a year.

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If you're good-looking, you get a better life.

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And it's fuelled by the wants and desires of a generation.

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-Is it all about men?

-Is it?

-Is it all about attracting a mate?

-Is it?

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To procreate? Ha-ha!

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I think it's part of our culture.

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For the Welsh under-30s,

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hymns and arias have been replaced by protein and shakes and Botox.

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How you look is who you are.

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If you wake up in the morning and you look in the mirror

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and you hate yourself,

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it's going to be very difficult to carry on your day in a positive way.

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Like I've always said to Matthew,

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it's better to be looked at than overlooked.

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Simple as that.

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But beauty doesn't come cheap.

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You're looking at around £6,000 or £7,000 just on bikinis.

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Don't tell anybody,

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I've spent, like, two grand in the last two and a half weeks.

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What?! On what?

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In these tight economic times, what drives the muscled men,

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the tattooed girls...

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Do you like it?

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..and the image-obsessed gym bunnies to push their bodies

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and their bank balances to the brink,

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leaving them all feeling young, Welsh and pretty skint.

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We live in an age where everyone under 30 seems to want

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bits of a celebrity's body.

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Some girls want Katie Perry's boobs,

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others, Kylie Jenner's lips.

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Some boys want tats like Justin Bieber or a rack like David Gandy.

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But there's one slice of celebrity anatomy the whole world would

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appear to aspire to.

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Squeeze!

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Come on!

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Kim Kardashian's ass.

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Which probably explains why all across South Wales,

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gyms are currently stuffed to capacity with bouncing butts.

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My busiest class is called Ass Class.

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For fitness and beauty entrepreneurs Kate Austin

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and Caz Roberts, Ass Class is definitely where it's at,

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even if they hold theirs in a tyre garage just outside of Bridgend.

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Everybody wants a butt these days.

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It's just the fashionable thing to have. Toned legs and a nice bum.

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With what's on TV at the moment, the Kardashians, the J-Lo bum,

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it seems what all women want is a big bum, little waist.

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It's good for me, it's good for business.

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Everybody wants to know how to build it and I know how, so...

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And whilst Kate takes care of business,

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Caz is in charge of marketing.

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Or rather, her bum is.

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I get comments on my bum all the time.

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Bit of a trademark with this place. Kate uses my bum as advertising.

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In fact, Caz's bum has got its own Facebook page

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and over 5,000 followers.

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I absolutely love it.

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I love the attention I get from it, I love taking photos of it.

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A lot of the mums here, they said they've got pictures of me

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on their walls, in their creche, and their ideal bum...

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It's not fair, I don't even get to see it. It's on the back of me.

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It seems that here in South Wales, where there's ass, there's brass.

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Canny Kate's charging just £1 a session and she's ramming them in.

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We've been here four months and in the four months we've been here,

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it's just under 500 people have come and signed up with us.

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In fact, there's so many bucks in big butts that Kate's just sunk all

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of her assets into a warehouse she's hoping to turn into the UK's

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largest 24-hour gym.

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This is our new playground, where we can take all our classes.

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The rooms we've got down the bottom there, they're going to be

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permanently set up for our boxing rooms and our spinning rooms.

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We've got changing rooms on the sides here,

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we're having a stage built.

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-We're having a stage, we can't wait.

-Our own stage!

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Disco lights are being put in, so we can have classes

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done in the dark with disco lights on and things like that.

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But this is actually not the gym space.

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You may think, oh, that's big. Nope.

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-This is a nice area.

-Come with us.

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This is actually going to be the main gym space.

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-What can you say? It's huge.

-Not small.

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They say size matters.

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I was never one to be subtle.

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As you can see, nothing's been done yet.

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You can't actually see anything yet. And so far, we've spent 180 grand.

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When we've finished permanently in the future as well,

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it'll be not far off half a million.

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All we need now is 500 men and we've got 1,000 members.

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If we've got 1,000 members, we're covering all our costs then. So...

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-Easy.

-Her name, my mouth.

-It works, yeah.

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Kate and Caz are giving themselves 12 weeks to recruit

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another 500 members and open the doors of their mega gym

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and we'll return later to see how they're getting on.

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And in her Bryncoch salon, 26-year-old beautician Jade and

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her friend Gemma agree that hot gym- toned bodies are very much in vogue.

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What really tickles me on a night out - a boy will be like,

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"Been doing squats, have you, babe?"

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And I can't figure out whether he's taking the pee or whether

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I actually look like I've done squats, but I haven't done squats.

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There's so many people out there lately that are going to the gym

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and trying to tone up and everything.

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There's just so much pressure.

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For women, especially, I think, to have the body and look good

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and feel good and whatever and I just think, why?

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Who are you...? For who?

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You know? You want to be doing it for yourself, not for other people.

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-Cos it wasn't like that when we were in school, was it?

-Oh, my gosh, no.

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It's always been like, "Are you a boob person or a bum person?"

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And some people are both. Um...

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Maybe it's the girls that have got a better arse than their face,

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I don't know.

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Body like a god, face like a dog.

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I don't know. Maybe they need to...

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You can change the appearance of your bum but you can't do your face.

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You can't, yeah. You can have Botox and stuff, can't you?

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But why do you think people are sort of like trying to get

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the perfect arse?

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God only knows. Why are girls...?

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Girls are forever trying to play with their bodies, won't they?

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It's so sad because most people do it for men.

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Do you agree that men don't mind having a woman that doesn't

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work out, but a girl could never go out with a man who's got boobs?

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-Is that just me? I don't know. Do you know what I mean?

-Yeah.

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-It's OK for a girl to be a little bit...

-Yeah, I don't know.

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Some guys prefer that, though, don't they?

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A lot of guys say they prefer curvy girls.

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Mm. Then look how amazing skinny girls look in a dress. Look at you.

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-You can wear anything you want.

-I can't.

-Anything.

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Yes, you can. You can wear anything.

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-And you've got small boobs, so you can...

-Thanks for that.

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You can manipulate them... No, you know what I mean.

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You've got like, you know... you've got pert little boobs.

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I won't when I have my boobs done.

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Can't believe you want to go under the knife.

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Why? But that's another thing that women,

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you know...talk about having done and stuff.

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I'd have loads done, I would.

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What would you have done?

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-Lips, Botox...

-Mm.

-And...

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..boobs.

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But again, that's not for vanity reasons.

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It's not because I want to get them out and show them off and stuff.

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It's to feel more confident in my body, you know?

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Like I said, it's all in here and it's all in the mind.

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-So it's not for men, it's for yourself?

-Definitely not for men.

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I would never change any part of my body for any man. Never.

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When you dress a certain way and if you've got everything on show, you

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attract the wrong kind of attention off the men then when you're out.

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You know? And it's... And then...

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All the men that we attract are married.

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-Shhh!

-You!

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They're all married! Buggers! Buggers they are.

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And I'm never getting married.

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-Ever.

-Why?

-Because, like...

-You don't trust them.

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(You just can't trust anybody, can you?)

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I-I always thought, you know, older men, more mature,

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more this and more that. Definitely NOT. Definitely NOT.

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-More immature, I'd say, some.

-Married!

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Yeah... Men are never happy with what they've got.

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But then, neither are women!

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DOG BARKS

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Ooh!

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Last time, on Young, Welsh and Pretty Skint,

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we caught up with Corey and Marc,

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two 20-something goodtime guys who live to party.

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Just go, "Whoa!" Swallow the vodka and pop, baby. Boom-boom!

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Looking to move on in life,

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they've recently hooked up with Llanelli-based talent agent,

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Mark Paul Jones.

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Right, what do you want to do in the next five years?

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Agent Mark has a vision.

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To use the boys' natural exuberance and energy to mould them

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into the next Ant and Dec.

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-That's the one, innit?

-Massive!

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Agent Mark reckons the boys will make good models and presenters.

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And he's already splashed out on an expensive photo session to

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furnish them with a professional portfolio.

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Now he feels they're ready for the next step,

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a day of celebrity schooling,

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starting with a catwalk workshop from creative director, Aliya.

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You've got to get you own style, you know, if you want to focus somewhere

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that's not on anybody, so don't look at anybody, just look at the wall.

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You got to stand really tall and then have a really casual walk.

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You know, stomp a bit, be yourself, you get to the end, you pose.

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And you turn and you walk away.

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Marc and Corey have spent a lifetime posing

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and preening around the pubs and clubs of South Wales.

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Look at me! Look at me! You love it!

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But can they transfer these skills to the catwalk?

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Well, the boys are willing to give the opportunity their all.

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Me and Marc have got a fantastic starting point with Mark,

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the agent, that we could never have had if we hadn't met him.

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This can be your work. This can be your job. Become the room.

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-Be part of it. You are it.

-Yeah.

-Stand tall!

-Wait, wait, wait!

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Because Mark has given me these opportunities, I'm going

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to apply myself to it and really go for it.

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Feel your centre point of your body...

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I just want to try and achieve something.

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I'm just trying to push on and see what happens

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now this year now, with Mark.

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I'm getting older now, so I've definitely moved on.

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Like, trying to actually achieve something now

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and just trying to get somewhere in my life.

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Because going out all the time, it's not really getting anywhere, is it?

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Marc has just turned 30.

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-Pose, turn.

-Pose, yeah?

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Go on, then, walk to me, then.

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-Corey is 22.

-So you look good.

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You've got a good shape, you've got a good face, work it.

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-Look at you, is it?

-Yeah, look at me, pose.

-HE KISSES AIR

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Both are still living at home and doing the same dead-end job.

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Well, I'm doing security at the moment.

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At the moment, I'm working still in security but I work at a hostel.

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They both want more out of life.

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Good. Perfect.

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I don't just want to stay in Swansea all my life.

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I want to go out and I want to be successful.

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I want to achieve things.

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Remember, you're selling products when you're on the runway.

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So you're selling your outfit. You can grab your T-shirt and pose.

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Flick your hair.

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Mark is coming to me and is putting all these things on the table.

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And it would be stupid of me to turn it down, you know?

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There's talks about going to Ibiza,

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-there's talks about going to America.

-Now, interrupt...

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So, you have to, like, pose with each other.

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Mark is a very ambitious person and I'm sure if he has his way,

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we'll be flying all around the world,

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having a good craic, enjoying our lives.

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-Boom!

-HE CHUCKLES

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If Corey and Marc are to make it onto the world stage,

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they'll probably need more than an ability to walk in a straight line.

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And later we'll see that they do indeed have some as yet

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undiscovered talents.

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Perfect!

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Last time, on Young, Welsh and Pretty Skint, we met Caitlin,

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a 24-year-old live-at-home student, who spends all of her spare time and

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cash competing in beauty, fitness and fashion modelling competitions.

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It's where fitness meets fashion.

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Over the last four years,

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Caitlin and her parents have spent tens of thousands of pounds

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on the daily training, specialised diet, beauty treatments

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and couturier costumes that fuel her hobby.

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You're looking at around £6,000 or £7,000

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just on the bikinis on the table.

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Caitlin realises that some people might find her expensive hobby

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a bit bizarre.

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Changing the way you look, just for a plastic trophy,

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is a bit extreme, I suppose, in some aspects.

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But now all her hard work

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and her parents' hard cash could be about to pay off.

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Last year, Caitlin came fifth

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in the World Beauty Fitness and Fashion competition in Las Vegas.

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Next week, this year's competition

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is being held at the O2 Arena in London.

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If Caitlin wins, she'll get a few hundred quid

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and a plastic trophy.

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But she could also find herself showered in lucrative

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modelling contracts, endorsements and sponsorship deals.

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So today, Caitlin's driven to Staffordshire for a costume

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fitting with designer Janine Clarson.

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Janine's company make bespoke handmade costumes for the dance

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and fashion industry.

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Caitlin's engaged Janine and her team to design and make the bikini

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and evening-theme wear for her shot at next week's title.

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Today's fitting will be the first time that Caitlin has seen

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the designs.

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Hoping to gain a competitive edge,

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she has asked for a bikini with a tight Brazilian cut

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and Janine seems worried about how it will look.

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Ooh!

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-It looks tiny, doesn't it?

-I know.

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JANINE LAUGHS

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Whoo! OK...

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-Argh!

-Are your boobs in?

-Yeah.

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Oh, my God, they're tiny!

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Look at that little bum!

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Janine and I had discussed

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that we needed to go smaller on the actual bikini itself.

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Because when I competed at the Worlds in Vegas, it was just,

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mine in comparison to the rest of the girls, they went

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for a lot more of a Brazilian style, which is a smaller-cut bikini.

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So that's what we opted for.

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This one's definitely the smallest one so far!

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No. Love it!

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Caitlin's itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny 2,000 hand-glued crystals bikini

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is just the entree.

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It's her design for the evening-theme wear

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that Janine is hoping will blow the judges' minds.

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I think the competitors want to be as sparkly as they possibly can.

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Again, with anything that's going to be a trend,

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I try and just do something a little bit different.

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As in, I think there will be a lot of feathers out there on stage.

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So we've twisted it and put Caitlin into, like, the gladiator warrior.

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We just need to pull this quite tight.

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You might feel a little bit choked at first.

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An intricate and arresting ensemble,

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simultaneously evoking Game of Thrones, Lady Gaga, Dolly Parton

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and Liberace, Caitlin's gladiator costume is a thing of singular

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vision and some hard labour.

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The different costumes take different amounts of stones.

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The gladiator would roughly be around about 7,000 stones.

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And that takes, from start to finish, around about four days.

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Happily, Caitlin's delighted with the results.

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-It works really well with the bikini, doesn't it?

-Yeah.

-Love it.

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Mad Max!

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All in, the costume and bikini have cost Caitlin a cool 850 quid.

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Let's hope it's enough to ruffle a few feathers at the finals

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of next week's International Beauty, Fitness and Fashion competition.

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CAR HORN BEEPS

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Back in Swansea,

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having already mastered their inner Derek Zoolander,

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wannabe Ant and Dec, Marc and Corey, are now getting a pep talk

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from agent Mark before they embark on their next celebrity challenge.

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Have you ever seen one person build a house? No.

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You've got to take your mind over everything.

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People need to see your inside outside.

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And because you see what you've got inside,

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both of you, but other people may not see that yet.

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You have to give them something to believe in.

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So the next thing we're going to do is what?

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-We're going to do some commercial training with you now.

-What do you feel like?

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-Are you ready?

-Why not?

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If you want to be a celebrity, then you need to be good at all these different areas.

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Cos this is what's going to be expected of you.

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Right, I want you to sell me this product.

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So I'm the camera, so you're going to talk to me

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and you going to try and sell me this product.

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Erm, it's a great drink before the gym.

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-This fizzy drink has got plenty of sugar.

-Gives me plenty of energy.

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It's got loads of caffeine in it, as well, which gives you energy,

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-which is a stimulant, which is good for training purposes.

-Marc, I'm the camera.

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-I'm the camera.

-It's orange flavour, so it's got great taste,

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it's not just some plain 'angin' drink.

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Also, it's very good for recovery after training.

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-And good for training before.

-It gives me plenty of energy.

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Once I've got that energy, I can bust out moves like this.

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If you're dancing and you have a drink of this, you can

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-dance like Michael Jackson!

-Here's the boy.

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Like, you two can stop that now. You need to be quiet.

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-We need him to do this properly.

-I am!

-Yeah, I know, it's not you,

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but these two are talking and putting you off.

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-Right, take it seriously.

-I am! I'm giving you energy.

-Right, sit down.

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-I'm giving you energy from this drink. If...

-Stop! Stop! Stop.

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Right, start the advert again.

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I want you to walk in and start the advert again. Sell me that product!

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Ready and action!

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Right, this fizzy drink, it's very good for sports performance.

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It gives me loads of energy for dancing in the club.

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I do a little shuffle.

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Marc does a little moonwalk. Marc, what else does it do?

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It gives you plenty of energy before you train and after training.

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-And after, yeah, exactly.

-Recovery from training.

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Your eyes are all over the place,

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you're just all over. Shut up a minute.

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Right, let's do some confidence training with you now. Come here.

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Come here, both of you, now.

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-Who's this in the mirror? Who are you?

-It's Corey Rees.

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-And what are you?

-I'm a human being.

-Are you?

-I am.

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-Are you a strong person?

-I'm a strong human being.

-Are you?

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-Tell yourself you are.

-Corey Rees, you are a strong human being.

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-Tell yourself you can do this advert.

-I can do this advert!

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-You can be a celebrity!

-I can be a celebrity!

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-You can be whoever you want to be!

-I can be whoever I want to be!

-Good!

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-Now, you tell yourself. Who are you?

-I'm Marc Ritchie.

-Are you?

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-Are you sure?

-Yes, sure.

-Are you sure you're Marc Ritchie?

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-I'm super sure.

-And who's Marc Ritchie?

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-Marc Ritchie, I'm...

-Look at yourself, don't look at me.

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-I'm looking at myself.

-Who's Marc Ritchie?

-I'm a human being.

-Are you?

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-Yes.

-Are you sure?

-I'm 100% sure.

-Do you want to be a celebrity?

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-I'd love to be a celebrity.

-Yeah? Why?

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-Because, er, it seems like a good thing to be.

-Right, OK.

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-LAUGHTER

-Are you a strong person?

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-Can you do this goddamn advert?

-I can do this advert.

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-Can you not laugh every five minutes?

-Yep.

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-Right, tell yourself who you are in the mirror.

-I'm Marc Ritchie.

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-What are you going to do?

-I'm going to do this advert.

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What are you going to do for the rest of your life?

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-I don't know.

-You're going to be you cos you're the

-BLEEP

-best.

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-Now, tell yourself.

-I'm going to be me.

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I'm going to be me because I am the effing best.

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-SHE LAUGHS

-Sorry!

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-I didn't want to swear.

-No, I know.

-Good boy, good boy.

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Right, say it again - who are you?

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I am Marc Ritchie, I am going to do this advert

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and I am going to become a celebrity.

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-I don't believe you.

-Do you believe in yourself?

-I believe in myself.

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Do you believe in yourself saying it?

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Do you believe in yourself inside?

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By the way that you're saying it, do you believe in what you're saying?

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Listen to what you're saying

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and do you believe in it? There's a big difference.

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Everyone wants to be something and achieve something in life.

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You already ARE something and that's the thing -

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you just need to see what you are and who you are. I see it in you.

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That's why I'm sticking by you.

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You can totally see them as the new Ant and Dec, couldn't you?

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-Yeah, but better.

-Yeah, but more fun.

-In a different sort of way.

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-You're young.

-You're both great guys.

-You've got it all to come.

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It's just that people may not understand you yet

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-so we've got to...

-Nobody's going to fully understand you.

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It doesn't matter what other people think about you.

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It's how you feel about yourself that matters.

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In Bridgend, at their soon-to-be mega-gym,

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owner Kate and her rear-of-the-year sidekick, Caz,

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have taken delivery of five tonnes of weights.

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With less than a month to open, things are getting heavy.

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We've got to open January 4th, regardless,

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otherwise people will be signing up in other gyms

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and everywhere else, there's contracts and stuff,

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so if somebody signs up somewhere else,

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then they're stuck in for 12 months, basically.

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95% of all gym memberships are signed up

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in early New Year, post-Christmas binge

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and, as Kate's sinking a cool half-million into this venture,

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she can't afford not to be open by then.

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So there's a fair bit of work to do.

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Although it's certainly worth the risk

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as the fitness industry in Wales is now worth over £600 million a year.

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However, Kate's looking beyond mere buff bodies as, these days,

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fitness and beauty come as a package.

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A friend of mine is renting pretty much

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the majority of the middle floor space there

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and within that, she's having all her Botox treatments,

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fillers, laser treatments.

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She's even in talks with a surgeon

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and they're applying for a hospital licence

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so they can do minor surgery here, things like liposuction.

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So, Ass Class, Botox

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and bingo-wing reduction surgery all under one roof.

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What's not to love? And 32-year-old Kate walks it like she talks it.

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When it comes to your body, you can make it look however you want.

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You can do things to change it.

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When it comes to your face, you've only got that face.

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Now, if for whatever reason you're starting to look

0:22:230:22:26

a way you don't particularly like,

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there's things you can do to change it these days.

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I don't see anything wrong with that. I'll openly admit I had Botox.

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Can you give me a little frown now, sweetheart? Lovely.

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I've had skin peels so they just take a layer of skin off

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so there's fresh skin again type of thing.

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I've used sunbeds a lot and things like that.

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Everybody wants to look good, don't they?

0:22:450:22:47

Everyone wants to look younger than they are.

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That's what happening here. I've cottoned on to all this

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and, within the new business that I've got,

0:22:520:22:54

we've actually got a Botox clinic and a laser clinic

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and all that sort of stuff along with beauticians and sunbeds

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and hair salon and everything else

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because I know all my customers are going to be using it.

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People are literally saying they're going to travel from Swansea

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and Cardiff and stuff cos it's 24-hours.

0:23:100:23:13

A couple of people have said that.

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-So many. It's brilliant, isn't it?

-Yeah!

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Whilst Kate and Caz plot

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the world's first 24-hour fitness and beauty hypermarket,

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in Bryncoch, beautician Jade is preparing

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to give a masterclass in the art of the false eyelash.

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At the moment, what I'm doing is individually putting lashes

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very, very close to the lash line

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and this will enhance the natural lash.

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These individual lashes are called cluster lashes

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and they're not human hair, but you can get human hair ones.

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They're very fine pieces of hair

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and this is the clear glue, very, very strong,

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and you have to be very careful with this

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because it can sting a lot if it does get into the eye.

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And that's the thing, you know, not everybody can handle these,

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so if somebody is thinking about having these done,

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then I would say have them short.

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For some people, coming to the hair salon or the beauty salon

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is very, very nerve-racking and some people can't understand that.

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They love it, but there are people that would rather go to the dentist.

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Far from being fearful, Jade's client Leanne loves to be lashed.

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I get my eyelashes done every week

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because they just create an amazing effect for the eyes

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and they make the eyes look ten times better

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and really bring the colours of the eyes out.

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It's a necessity to have them done every week.

0:24:360:24:39

I love getting them done.

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-Do you agree that you've got to draw a line, though?

-No, no!

0:24:410:24:44

No, they look amazing.

0:24:440:24:46

If I said to you, "Your lashes need to come off, they're too long,"

0:24:460:24:48

-how many times have I said to you that?

-No, they look amazing.

0:24:480:24:51

-You're so naughty.

-I just feel, like, ten times prettier

0:24:510:24:53

and sexier with them.

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Eyebrows are the same, I love having my eyebrows done.

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I really love eyebrows. I think it completely makes the face.

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-It's an art now.

-It is an art,

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but girls around here went through a stage of having black eyebrows

0:25:020:25:07

that had, like, this much gap in between and I just think, "Oh, no!"

0:25:070:25:11

-It's such a shame.

-It is.

0:25:110:25:13

If someone's got good eyebrows, it can really make the face look...

0:25:130:25:17

-Definitely.

-Like, stand out.

0:25:170:25:20

-If it's wrong, it can ruin someone's face.

-Absolutely, absolutely.

0:25:200:25:23

And what about boys who have their brows done?

0:25:230:25:27

Erm, I think it's just going a bit extreme now, isn't it?

0:25:270:25:30

I love it, I do. I'm well impressed if a boy's got his eyebrows done.

0:25:300:25:34

I don't know, I think men should be men, girls should be girls

0:25:340:25:38

-and I think sometimes men are going past the point now.

-Really?

-Yeah.

0:25:380:25:42

Oh, my God! I don't like pretty-pretty boys, but...

0:25:420:25:46

-I like pretty boys.

-I just think men should be men with a bit of a woman.

0:25:460:25:50

I don't know, they've got to have...

0:25:500:25:52

They've got to be shaved, they've got to be clean.

0:25:520:25:55

Yeah, shaved's OK, tattoos OK,

0:25:550:25:57

but, you know, having their eyebrows done and tans, I don't know.

0:25:570:26:00

-Oh, no, I love it, I love it.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

0:26:000:26:03

I love it because imagine

0:26:030:26:04

if they didn't wax the in-betweens of their eyebrows.

0:26:040:26:06

They'd have, like, one eyebrow.

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I think if you're a man, if you're naturally handsome,

0:26:080:26:11

you're naturally handsome.

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I feel sorry for men, though,

0:26:120:26:13

because they can't wear make-up like women can.

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We can change the way our face looks completely,

0:26:160:26:19

the shape of it and everything.

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We can put in, like, chicken fillets into our boobs and stuff

0:26:200:26:24

and manipulate our bodies so much.

0:26:240:26:27

But why?

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Because you can trick men into falling in love with you.

0:26:290:26:32

You look natural, but you're not natural. Well...

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I just think a lot of men think girls look natural, but they're not.

0:26:380:26:43

They've just got the natural make-up look.

0:26:430:26:45

Yeah, and it just looks more defined, doesn't it?

0:26:450:26:48

We're such cheaters.

0:26:480:26:49

Do you know what?

0:26:490:26:50

There are times I don't even recognise myself in the morning.

0:26:500:26:54

Yeah, there are some people you see with make-up, oh, my God,

0:26:540:26:57

they look completely different with make-up. There are some people...

0:26:570:27:00

I don't mean this in a bad way, right, but you can make some girls

0:27:000:27:04

-that are not very fortunate-looking look VERY fortunate-looking.

-Yeah.

0:27:040:27:08

I don't mean that in a bitchy way, I just haven't worded it right,

0:27:080:27:11

but I'm just saying it exactly how it is.

0:27:110:27:14

That's what make-up is for, isn't it?

0:27:140:27:16

To enhance your beauty or even make you beautiful if you're not.

0:27:160:27:21

I feel sorry for some men, that they spend money on a night out,

0:27:210:27:26

they follow this girl round or whatever,

0:27:260:27:28

and they take her back home or whatever, and the next morning

0:27:280:27:31

she doesn't even look like the same person.

0:27:310:27:34

It's a false identity, really, isn't it?

0:27:340:27:37

You can get done if you do that online.

0:27:370:27:40

What's the difference in real life?

0:27:400:27:42

Well, maybe in real life, false identities could leave you

0:27:420:27:46

feeling young, Welsh and pretty skint.

0:27:460:27:49

And next time, Matthew, the only big-haired angel in the village,

0:27:530:27:57

hits the mean streets of Port Tennant.

0:27:570:28:00

I am spoilt cos I am the only child.

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I get all the money and all the presents.

0:28:050:28:08

Just call us the Kardashians of Wales.

0:28:080:28:11

That's good, that is!

0:28:110:28:13

Corey and Marc get their first presenting gig.

0:28:130:28:16

In some ways, before EastEnders, where I got known for that part...

0:28:160:28:20

-Oi-oi!

-Hey!

0:28:200:28:22

And look out, Swansea, as Jade and the girls go out on the lash.

0:28:220:28:27

Mwah!

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