'Cabin crew tell me to cover up on flights and I get filthy looks but I prefer to go braless'

Victoria Unikel often gets herself in hot water when she by plane.

The businesswoman likes to braless, saying she does it for her husband Gene Avakyan but attendants don't always approve.

Victoria, who co-founded the VUGA Media Group with her partner, is a former model and actress who gets criticised for using too much perfume onboard too.

The 46-year-old, a frequent , usually wears skin tight leggings and cropped strappy tops without a bra to the airport before drenching herself in perfume mid-flight to feel "sexy".

The businesswoman, from Miami, said: "I plan what I'm going to wear to the airport weeks in advance. I usually wear designer gym clothes.

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"Either skin tight leggings or shorts to make my bum look good. They don't leave much to the imagination. They definitely give me a camel toe.

"I wear a cropped strappy top that's usually quite low cut. I never travel in a bra.

"I think people have a problem with that. My tops can be quite see through. But I don't really see the issue. When you're on an eight hour flight, who wants to wear a bra?"

Victoria insists comfort should also come first and says if she wants to show off her breasts she should be allowed to.

"I don't understand why women should be forced to feel uncomfortable just to make sure their nipples aren't on show," she continued. "We're in 2024. I should be able to show off my boobs.

"Recently, a flight attendant suggested I might want to cover up a bit - she tried to suggest I might be cold but I know it was because my clothes were quite revealing. I had a jacket in my hand luggage but I didn't think what I was wearing was inappropriate.

"Eventually the flight attendant realised I wasn't going to change and told me to take a seat. I think they're way too strict."

Victoria, who flies business class, says she is terrified of suffering from BO and despite complaints from fellow travellers, no perfume is too much.

"If I'm going to sit in a cramped, sweaty plane for hours, I don't want to stink," she explained. "I'll usually top-up on perfume every hour however long my flight is. It seems to annoy the people sitting next to me.

"They normally throw me dirty looks and I've even had passengers complain to the flight attendants about me because it's so strong. I had one woman tell me to stop because she kept sneezing, so I did.

"But other people are just so rude. They clearly don't have good taste."

The businesswoman, who recently published her debut children's sci-fi novel Emma + Luke + Disappear to Nowhere, is careful not to take too much liquid in perfume form through security. This is because she once had her favourite £400 Givenchy perfume, a gift from Gene, confiscated.

And it's perhaps no surprise to hear the couple are members of the mile high club. "He never forgets to tell me how amazing I look," she said of her beau. "He doesn't care that people throw me dirty looks."

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