A British woman has turned her back on a potentially lucrative legal career to become a model after using her student loan for plastic surgery.

Katerina Christodoulou, 21, was able to spend her entire £10,000 ($17,000) student loan on cosmetic surgery including liposuction because her parents paid for her university fees. Her then-boyfriend paid for her to have breast implants.

Christodoulou, from Loughborough, Leicestershire, says she's 100 times more confident than before, although she plans on getting a nose job.

She told the Mirror: "I think after my next operation I'll be completely happy."

"The next time I'll undergo surgery will be for a facelift when I'm older."

Christodoulou earned a 2:1 in her degree from the University of Essex and was training to be a solicitor when she quit her job to become a model.

Interest on student loans in the U.K. is about 1.5 percent, far lower than in the U.S., where rates are 4 percent or more.

In the U.K., the taxpayer ends up paying for a student's loans if the student is unable to pay after 25 years. In the U.S. it is virtually impossible to even declare bankruptcy on student loans.