Being a child model was brutal: Katherine Heigl

London: Actress Katherine Heigl says working as a child model when she was nine was "brutal" and she hated the experience.

The 33-year-old, who raises three-year-old daughter Naleigh with husband Josh Kelley, began her career in showbusiness with a stint as a model for clients including US department stores Macy`s and Sears but Katherine has admitted she hated the experience. "Oh my god, it was brutal. You even understand it, even when you`re nine, you`re like, `This is silly and lame` and they`re like, `No, no, it`s adorable, do it,`" contactmusic.com quoted Heigl as saying. IANS