EXCLUSIVE: 'It's just a butt!' Sophie Simmons on how she got the confidence to take on the fashion world as a plus-size model and THAT racy lingerie campaign

By Chelsea White In Los Angeles

Published: 21:27 EST, 29 July 2016 | Updated: 22:05 EST, 29 July 2016

She once got so disillusioned with modelling that she quit, but fortunate this second generation model decided to take a stand and returned with a voluptuous vengeance.

Sophie Simmons set hearts racing last month as her saucy campaign for Adore lingerie hit the internet.

And on Wednesday night, the 24-year-old daughter of Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed revealed at the DailyMail.com Summer White Party just what it took to bare nearly all.

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Wowing in white: Sophie Simmons flashed some flesh at the DailyMail.com's Summer White Party in West Hollywood, California, on Wednesday 

Wowing in white: Sophie Simmons flashed some flesh at the DailyMail.com's Summer White Party in West Hollywood, California, on Wednesday 

Speaking outside Pump in West Hollywood, California, the model said the campaign forced her to confront her fears but she was shocked everyone found seeing her derriere such a big deal.

She told DailyMail.com: 'My butt was out but you know what, it's just a butt and everyone freaks out about them but it's just a butt. I don't think it is that big of a deal.'

Many accused the model of having her curves Photoshopped but she hit back and confirmed that was all her.

Stripping down and being pictured in her underwear meant the style star had to confront some old self-doubt.

Dared to bare: The 24-year-old set hearts racing last month as her saucy campaign for Adore lingerie hit the internet, and she said she did not realise it would create such a stir

Dared to bare: The 24-year-old set hearts racing last month as her saucy campaign for Adore lingerie hit the internet, and she said she did not realise it would create such a stir

No big deal: 'My butt was out but you know what, it's just a butt and everyone freaks out about them but it's just a butt'

No big deal: 'My butt was out but you know what, it's just a butt and everyone freaks out about them but it's just a butt'

Sophie said: 'For me it was about overcoming my old self-hate because I used to really not be comfortable in my body. Just being curvier and my mom was a straight-sized supermodel so it was just really hard for me growing up with that comparison. And, of course, the women I looked to in magazines just didn't look like me.

'But now I feel like there are just so many more options and, if I can be at all part of that, breaking through that barrier, then I wanted to be a part of that.'

Sophie - who wowed in white cut-out dress at the party - had struggled to get jobs after she went from a straight-sized model to one with curves.

Learnt to celebrate curves: Stripping down and being pictured in her underwear meant the style star had to confront some old self-doubt

Learnt to celebrate curves: Stripping down and being pictured in her underwear meant the style star had to confront some old self-doubt

The beauty said while she doubted herself, her famous parents never did.

'They were really supportive. I started modelling when I was 14 and I was straight-sized so it was a little different because I was a 2 and I was a 4 and I could do those runway shows.

'Then I grew into my body and suddenly it was different and no one wanted to hire me and I quit. And my parents were supportive of that too.'

Support system: The beauty said while she doubted herself, her famous parents, Shannon Tweed and Gene Simmons (pictured last month) never did

Support system: The beauty said while she doubted herself, her famous parents, Shannon Tweed and Gene Simmons (pictured last month) never did

Took a stand:  The model decided to return to the career she loved to help others feel confident in their skin 

Took a stand:  The model decided to return to the career she loved to help others feel confident in their skin 

While Sophie learned to be confident and comfortable with her size, it took the modelling world a little while to catch up. 

'I started seeing a shift in fashion, I realised that whenever I talked to my friends about the latest ad campaigns we were all just fed up what we are seeing.

'I though there has got to be a modelling agency out there trying to break through that and it took me a long time to find one, and now there's hundreds that are open to it so we are making progress.'

Getting there: While Sophie learned to be confident and comfortable with her size, it took the modelling world a little while to catch up

Getting there: While Sophie learned to be confident and comfortable with her size, it took the modelling world a little while to catch up

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