The nameless friend went on to add that Laurina has portrayed 'herself as someone that she's not' since entering the public eye.

'It's fine to want to be famous, and that's cool. But we all do have a past and somewhere along the line, it's going to come out if you're lying about it,' the stated.  

The claims by the friend, who remained anonymous to the publication, comes a week after another former friend claimed there's little substance behind the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! star's appearance of luxury.

In an explosive interview with , Andrew Taza claimed the beauty has received Centrelink benefits and sold cheap clothes from China in her 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.

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 knock offs 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. 

Indeed, 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 went on to state 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. 

Before receiving this allowance, Andrew suggested '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.'

Andrew declined to comment when approached by Daily Mail Australia about this story. Daily Mail Australia has also contacted Network Ten for comment.