EXCLUSIVE: Posing in thigh-high stockings and baring her chest, the Polish lingerie model whose curves wooed the £116million Ocado king and sparked one of Britain's biggest divorces 

Reclining in thigh-high stockings, sky high heels and a tightly fitted two-tone corset to show off her enviable figure, this is the Polish lingerie model whose curves have sparked one of Britain’s biggest divorces.

Ocado boss Tim Steiner is locked in a £116million battle with the mother of his four children after setting up home with Patrycja Pyka.

He had already separated from wife Belinda after 14 years of marriage when he fell for Miss Pyka, who at 27 is 20 years his junior.

And a series of seductive photographs published by MailOnline shows just what the shopping tycoon sees in the blonde underwear model.

Posing for a classy fashion feature with long blonde hair slicked back and posturing against New York skyline, she coolly fixes her heavily made up eyes at the camera.

In another photo she climbs a fire escape as her navy dress provocatively flashing her right leg in a thigh high split. The pictures were shot for a fashion feature entitled: Woman On Top. 

Glamour: Patrycja Pyka, 27, pictured reclining against the New York skyline wearing thigh-high stockings and heels, is the model girlfriend of Ocado tycoon Tim Steiner, who is locked in a £116 divorce million battle with ex-wife

Sultry: The dental hygienist turned model is from a small mining town in southwest Poland whose fortunes have skyrocketed. These photographs from a classy fashion feature show just what the shopping tycoon sees in the blonde underwear model

Candidate: Miss Pyka, who stood as a candidate in a local election in her home town, has her blonde hair slicked back and coolly fixes her heavily made up eyes at the camera in a series of photos shared with MailOnline

International: With one hand on her inner thigh and the other grabbing her blonde ponytail, is now the live-in girlfriend of Tim Steiner

Couple: Tim Steiner's (right) relationship with Patrycja Pyka (left) started after Steiner and Belinda had separated, and the pair have since been openly pictured attending public events together

An apt title perhaps for a dental hygiene graduate from humble beginnings, who grew up in the nondescript town of Myslowice in southwest Poland and became the glamorous live-in girlfriend of one of Britain’s wealthiest men.

The daughter of a middle class small businessman, a little over a year ago she was a jobbing part-time model.

Quite how she is now hobnobbing with London’s high society having attracted the attention of one of the country’s most eligible bachelors is unknown.

MailOnline understands she studied at a university in Krakow before her striking good looks enabled her to pursue a career as an international model, flying to photo shoots in Dubai, Miami and New York.

It is understood there was little surprise among her old school friends in Myslowice where she grew up that the pretty student grew up and moved out of the sleepy city with a population of 2.7million up in for the bright lights. Those who know her say she wanted more than the backwater had to offer and went overseas. 

Miss Pyka – who also goes by her modelling name Patrycja Pepe - is a familiar face in the industrial town.

Her sister Natalia Kroczek runs a nail beauty business from the home she shares with her husband, Damian. 

Travel: Friends from her hometown say she might have been bored of city - especially after visiting places like Dubai and New York

International: MailOnline understands that she does not have an agent, but has been featured on an online 'exclusive' fashion magazine

Silence: Friends and family in Myslowice have been sworn to secrecy and all traces of her social media presence have been set to private

Strike a pose: Miss Pyka reclines on a rooftop in this picture shared with MailOnline. The beauty is now hobnobbing with London’s high society having attracted the attention of one of the country’s most eligible bachelors is unknown

But those that know her best have put up a wall of silence around the pretty model since her relationship with Mr Steiner was revealed last week, and a well-oiled machine has sprung into action to hide any trace of her past. 

Racy photos of her posing for an online men’s magazine ‘Flirt’ have all been taken down and her social media profiles have been set to secret.

One photo showed her wearing a plunging black lace bodice as she kneels on a chaise longue – her blonde hair tumbling over one shoulder.

Her close knit circle of friends and family have been sworn to secrecy, and old amateur shots of Miss Pyka pouting for the camera in a skimpy top have since been removed from the internet.

In November 2014, she stood in the town’s local elections on a platform candidate of ‘fun’ - promising more ‘entertainment’ for the town.

Billing her international, worldly experience, the model said she would convert the town’s old mine into an ‘entertainment venue to include a music club, concert hall, pubs and cinema.

Written in what has been described as 'awkward' Polish, she says: ‘People say that Myslowice serves as a residential area for the neighbouring towns, even if that is true, there is still a lot of free time between work and sleep, which could be spent on active leisure and having a nice time.

‘My idea is to create a fashion, modelling and design studio in the the former mine area.’

But the model’s venture into local politics ended in failure after she won just 17 votes in the November 2014 election.

It’s astonishing that in little more than two years she has gone from local election failure to bagging one of the richest men in the country and found herself at the centre of a multimillion pound divorce

Mr Steiner, whose fortune is estimated by The Sunday Times rich-list to be £116 million, has hired celebrity lawyer Fiona Shackleton, who also acted for Paul McCartney in his divorce case against Heather Mills. 

Failed politician: The model’s venture into local politics ended in failure after she won just 17 votes in the November 2014 election

Success: In little more than two years she has gone from local election failure to bagging one of the richest men in the country and found herself at the centre of a multimillion pound divorce

Escape: Miss Pyka climbs a fire escape in a navy dress. The pictures were shot for a fashion feature entitled: Woman On Top

When it was revealed that Ocado boss had set up home with a model two decades his junior, the news shone an unforgiving spotlight on the personal life of the man behind the wildly successful online supermarket brand.

Those who know sports car-loving ‘playboy’ Steiner, 46, and his wife Belinda, 45, say the truth behind the split is far more acrimonious than has been reported.

In fact, it could not be further removed from the idyllic vision of wholesome, prosperous family life Ocado's customers are buying into when they place an order.

A publicly available decree nisi shows that Steiner, a former Goldman Sachs bond trader, has launched divorce proceedings against his wife, citing her 'unreasonable behaviour' as the cause of the marriage breakdown.

Steiner is living with Miss Pyka in a large detached house on a private road around the corner from the £15million former marital mansion in Highgate, North London, that was damaged by fire two years ago.

Belinda, meanwhile, lives in a garden flat in nearby St John's Wood.

Speaking to The Mail last week, friends said the tycoon's relationship with Miss Pyka began after Steiner and Belinda had separated in 2012.

The model has been pictured on her new beau’s arm since at public events together, including the recent launch of a spa.

But a friend of Belinda's says she has become alienated from her children who now refuse to see or speak to her. 

Split: Those who know Steiner, 46, and the mother of his four children, Belinda (pictured), say the truth behind the split is far more acrimonious than has been reported

Separated: Tim Steiner (left) has filed for divorce from wife of 14 years, Belinda (right), 45. They are understood to have separated two years before he met Miss Pyka

As reported by The Mail on Sunday, Belinda told a friend: 'Patrycja now plays mother to our children, but she is just a child herself. She is only 11 years older than my eldest son. She took my children out of school to go to Poland for the weekend to stay with her family. They had to get up at 3am on the Monday to get a flight to be back in school on time.'

The source went on: 'Patrycja posts Facebook pictures of herself jetting all over the world, sitting in the home Belinda bought with Tim in Courchevel.'

The friend added: 'He has a lavish lifestyle and recently spent £250,000 on a red McLaren sports car.'

The couple's settlement hearing is set for June.

The friend says that Belinda hopes more than anything to resume her relationship with her children.

'Tim is a flash playboy who loves wealth and power,' she told her friend.

'The legal costs of our divorce have already spiralled to well over £1 million. I want to see my children.'

MailOnline has contacted the Ocada press office for comment, but has yet to receive a response.

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