'I spent many years feeling homesick': Victoria's Secret model Bridget Malcolm confesses being away from Australia caused her 'a lot of pain'

By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 14:59 GMT, 26 December 2017 | Updated: 19:36 GMT, 26 December 2017

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The Perth native moved to New York at 17 to try her hand at modelling, and by age 23 she had earned a spot on the prestigious Victoria's Secret runway.

But Bridget Malcolm has revealed she 'spent many years feeling homesick' as she pursued her dreams across the world in foreign countries.

The now 26-year-old model wrote a blog entry on bridgetmalcolm.com.au, admitting: 'Thomas Wolfe had it right, you can never go home again.'

'I spent many years feeling homesick': Victoria's Secret model Bridget Malcolm confesses being away from Australia caused her 'a lot of pain'... but praises one New York saviour

Model move! The Perth native moved to New York at 17 to try her hand at modelling, and by age 23 she had earned a spot on the prestigious Victoria's Secret runway

Bridget was responding to a question posed by one of her fans, which asked how she dealt with being homesick and living and travelling in a variety of foreign countries with different customs, traditions and people.

The star was more than willing to open up about her own experience, writing: 'Boy can I relate to your situation... I spent many years feeling homesick for a home that doesn’t exist anymore, and that only existed for a very short period of time.'

'I was living in a country that was so foreign to me, (still is, but that’s ok) and traveling so much with complete strangers. I found it extremely hard to forge a connection with other humans, due to language and lifestyle barriers. And boy was I homesick,' Bridget added.

'I found it extremely hard to forge a connection with other humans': Bridget confessed living in a foreign country and travelling so much made it difficult for her to make strong relationships with people

'It caused me a lot of pain': The brunette stunner claimed things weren't the same when she would revisit Australia and her hometown, which upset her greatly

The brunette stunner claimed things weren't the same when she would revisit Australia and her hometown: 'Whenever I would come home for a bit though, I was shocked at how much nothing and yet everything had changed... I still cant really put my finger on what that was; but it caused me a lot of pain.'

She encouraged the fan to 'learn and accept' that home will never be the same and made suggestions of how she could ease into a new city or country.

Speaking from experience, Bridget said: 'Those first few years of independence are years of discovery and development of character, and I found that this process gets sped up when you are far away from your home culture.'

'Those first few years of independence are years of discovery and development of character': Bridget pointed out the positives to her concerned fan, as she claimed being away from home helped build independence and character

'It came at a time when I really needed it': Bridget praised New York food venue Tuckshop as a place that 'really helped' with her homesickness, as she could hear Aussie accents and interact with other Australians

'When I discovered Tuckshop in NYC the sound of Aussie accents was so nice. I then met a group of Australians who really helped with the homesickness. It came at a time when I really needed it,' she revealed.

Bridget added to her fan: 'Also this whole experience gets so much easier with age. So hang in there. Everything will settle in you, and life becomes a lot easier to understand and rationalize.'

The Australian stunner married her long-term musician partner Nathaniel Hoho in an intimate mountain-view ceremony in July 2016.