She looks to be living the high life with her penchant for cosmetic procedures and her very own fashion label.But a former friend of Laurina Fleure has come out to claim that there is little substance behind the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! star's appearance of luxury.         In an explosive interview with this week's , Andrew Taza claims the former Bachelor beauty has received Centrelink benefits and sells cheap clothes from China in her online boutique.Scroll down for video  Is she a fake? A former friend of Laurina Fleure's is claiming she was on the dole and sells cheap clothes from China via her luxury online boutique 'Her real name is Laurina Fitzgerald and she buys the clothes from China, sewing her own labels into them,' he told the publication.Laurina, who competed for Blake Garvey's heart in 2014, owns and runs Pialia Boutique - an online platform from which she sells women's clothing and accessories branded with her label's name. RELATED ARTICLES



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The website does not specify the country of origin of the designs but a representative confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that 'yes, the clothes are from China'.They also made it clear they are 'certainly not' designer knockoffs and are bought from a 'wholesale district' where 'buyers from all over the world come to purchase clothes for resale in their own country'. And while Laurina 'dreams to one day have her original designs on her website' there is no suggestion on the boutique's About page that she had a hand in designing the clothes for sale.  Made in China: The reality star models clothes on her website that she does not claim to design but that do feature her label Pialia Boutique On the dole: песни под гитару с аккордами Former pal Andrew also claimed she was receiving Centrelink benefitsIndeed, she states: 'I handpick the pieces for Pialia's collections, keeping in mind an air of luxury, glamour and understated elegance. 'Priding myself on not only choosing pieces made from beautiful quality fabrics, I also look for pieces that have a timeless quality and impeccable tailoring.' The brunette's former pal goes on to say that she recently signed up for the government's New Enterprise Incentive Scheme which is designed to help job seekers get the skills to become self-employed.In the process it can supply successful applicants with up to 39 weeks of income support as well as a year's worth of accredited training to help get their business ideas off the ground.  Benefits: She afterwards began claiming the government's New Enterprise Incentive Scheme, he claims, which is designed to help small business owners  Small buisness starter: Laurina's boyfriend Lewis Romano was adamant there was nothing inappropriate in the reality star's relations with CentrelinkBefore receiving this allowance, Andrew suggests 'she was claiming Centrelink benefits' and when switching over from one form of payments to another 'had to go and sign on.... and was so paranoid someone would see her.'Centrelink cannot comment on recipients of their benefits due to privacy legislation.Laurina's boyfriend Lewis Romano however, was adamant there was nothing inappropriate in the reality star's relations with the agency.He told Daily Mail Australia: 'I can assure you whatever government assistance Laurina received was used for the purpose it was intended which is to help small businesses.'Any claims to the contrary are extremely defamatory and unfounded.' Reality star: The brunette is currently competing on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! Entrepreneur: A Linked In with Laurina's face attached as the profile photo exists under the name Fitzgerald however it is unknown if it's a fakeAfter appearing on The Bachelor, sometime model Laurina became known by the surname Fleure, which means 'flower' in French, but Andrew claims that her real surname is rather Fitzgerald. A LinkedIn account with Laurina's face attached as the profile photo exists under the name Fitzgerald and claims she is an import and export  'Online Boutique Owner' from Melbourne.It also names Pialia and misspells 'entrepreneur', however it is unknown whether it belongs to her or is simply a fake.Andrew declined to comment when approached by Daily Mail Australia about this story. Daily Mail Australia has also contacted Network Ten for comment. Read more: The claims were made in this week's issue of New Idea



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