Megan Barton Hanson reveals she's been left feeling 'distressed and unsafe' after she was followed by two men in a Mercedes

Megan Barton Hanson revealed to fans she has been left feeling 'distressed' and 'unsafe' after she was followed by two men in a car on Friday.

The former Love Island star, 31, took to her Instagram Stories to warn her fans to be vigilant as she explained the scary experience.   

Above a picture of a similar looking car, she wrote: 'Safety alert Benfleet/Hadleigh/Rayleigh – women and dog walkers stay alert.

'I was followed by a black Mercedes Estate by two men inside. They stopped next to me multiple times. Looped the area then returned again trying to wave me over.

'I felt unsafe and distressed thoughts of either me or my dog being taken. Part reg possibly ending J10 (Not 100%). Car looked similar to the one shown (from memory).'

She concluded: 'Please trust your instincts and look out for each other.'

Megan, who rose to fame on the 2018 series of the ITV dating show, confessed she was bullied for her nose and sticky-out-ears in school which prompted her to change her appearance.

After 'barely being able to afford a train ticket to work' in London from Essex, Megan opened up to dating expert Paul Carrick Brunson for his We Need To Talk podcast.

Paul, 50, asked: 'You've had your ears pinned back, first procedure, then you have your breasts done. What drove you to get your breasts done at that age?'

Megan admitted: 'I'll be brutally honest - money.

'I had no issues, I was quite body confident with my natural boobs but there was this girl and she was on social media making a lot of money basically doing Page 3, but she was her own boss.

'I remember saying to my first boyfriend, 'babe, she's making so much money, don't you think I'm prettier, I could definitely do that if I had bigger t**s'.

'I wanted my nose done, that was another thing from school kids would pick on.'

Megan continued: 'I hate being put to sleep so I'll get my t**s done, the nose done, all in one and I can make so much money, either on social media, or back then, Page 3 was still a thing.

'I wanted to be a glamour model, a Page 3 girl. I was working in London and it was minimum wage, barely affording my train ticket to commute from Essex to London. I was like, this can't be what life is, surely.'

Megan was working as a Legal PA at the time, but decided to invest in breast surgery.

After this, the reality star began to flaunt her new look through scantily clad pictures on Instagram and quickly racked up a huge following before her Love Island fame.

Six years on, she now has 1.4 million followers, she shared: 'I've got a lot to thank for Instagram, just posting more sexy pictures. The likes started growing.'

As her social media account took off, the reality TV star then turned to a strip club to further boost her finances.

She explained: 'I was earning really bad money at the law firm, it wasn't worth the hours I was putting in. I had no money to spend at the weekend.

'I was investing in my looks but what I was making on Instagram wasn't enough to survive on. I'd walk past the strip club and the girls outside looked so happy, they were laughing. They were glamorous as f**k.

'I didn't even tell my parents, I just walked in and said "hi, can I have a job?"'