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Love Child star Jessica Marais opens up: My dreams for daughter Scout

JESS Marais has opened up about her dreams for her four-year-old daughter, Scout.

“I just want my daughter to grow up knowing she’s supported.” Picture: Channel Seven
“I just want my daughter to grow up knowing she’s supported.” Picture: Channel Seven

JESS Marais has opened up about her dreams for her four-year-old daughter, Scout.

“I just want my daughter to grow up knowing she’s supported, she’s beautiful and that beauty is not just an external thing,” the Love Child star told The Daily Telegraph.

“I think being one’s true self is beautiful.”

Jess says her daughter Scout has a cheeky streak. Picture: Tim Hunter.
Jess says her daughter Scout has a cheeky streak. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Scout was born in May 2012, prior to Marais and former fiancee and Packed to the Rafters co-star James Stewart, splitting last year.

The preschooler has a cheeky streak, said the 31-year-old.

Jess Marais at the QT Hotel. Picture: Tim Hunter.
Jess Marais at the QT Hotel. Picture: Tim Hunter.
Jess Marais at the QT Hotel. Picture: Tim Hunter.
Jess Marais at the QT Hotel. Picture: Tim Hunter.

“When we were just recently in Fiji, a lot of them didn’t understand the name Scout — it’s not a very popular name in Fiji! Eventually when they understood, they went ‘Oh, like a boy scout’ and she went ‘No, like a girl scout!’,” the single mum added.

Jess Marais at the Berlei Breakfast. Picture: Tim Hunter.
Jess Marais at the Berlei Breakfast. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Marais recently stripped down to her undies for the Sensation campaign for bra label Berlei, but denied feeling any pressure around the lingerie photoshoot.

“I felt completely comfortable in my own skin. But of course there’s an awareness that you’re standing there in your bra and underpants, it’s not a normal thing to be doing,” she laughed.

Jess, in shoot for Berlei, says she feels comfortable in her own skin. Picture: Supplied
Jess, in shoot for Berlei, says she feels comfortable in her own skin. Picture: Supplied
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