Story By: Delano Langras, Sub Editor: Michael Leidig,  Agency: Newsflash

This stunning Belgian model has posted images of her dreamy beginnings with her ex-boyfriend alongside a series of images showing her badly-bruised face at the end of an 18-month love affair.

Anthonia Rochus, 21, from the municipality of Lier in Belgium posted the images on Twitter with the message: “Where it all started V where it all ended.”

The Flemish model, who was with her partner for 18 months, shared a happy early image of them together alongside several of her sporting heavy bruising on her face.

Rochus said: “I do not want to read that a woman has been killed and find out he was the culprit.

“This is my before and after. No happy ending, no true happiness, just pain and sadness.

Rochus met her ex-boyfriend on holiday nearly two years ago, calling it “love at first sight” and adding that they “started living together almost immediately”.

However, her handsome new beau, who initially showered the model with gifts and compliments, soon showed he had a short temper and a jealous side, according to Rochus.

She said: “Suddenly, I wasn’t allowed to wear makeup anymore, and I couldn’t wear the clothes I wanted.”

The model claimed that her boyfriend became increasingly aggressive, taking out his frustration on the furniture at first.

After he punched a hole in a door and knocked a lamp off the ceiling, he allegedly turned his attentions on his young girlfriend.

Rochus said: “He saw me smoking a cigarette with a friend at a part and blew a fuse.

“At home, he grabbed my hair and smashed my face into the radiator. I drove to my mother’s that night with my face covered in blood.”

She also claimed that the violent episodes became more frequent after that night.

In the summer, Rochus ended up in hospital after another alleged beating.

The model said: “The doctor who checked my injuries was very clear, ‘you suffered a heavy blow to your temple. It if had been a bit stronger, you could be dead now’.”

Rochus said that she has filed a complaint against her ex-boyfriend with the police.

She added: “Look at the #MeToo movement. Every woman now knows that they should not put up with this.”

The investigation continues.

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