MasterChef Australia's Poh Ling Yeoh shares the downside of starring on the cover of Australian Women's Weekly

Poh Ling Yeow has shared the downside of her starring turn on the cover of a popular women's magazine. 

The former MasterChef judge, 50, fronts the new issue of the Australian Women's Weekly. 

It is being widely advertised, with the cook spotting her own image on a bus shelter that hosted an ad for the magazine. 

However, she soon realised that the photo could be easy prey for canny vandals. 

'Just quietly waiting for the c**k and balls….' she wrote alongside a photo of the poster promoting the new issue at her local bus stop. 

'Whatever happened to just a moustache, black tooth and glasses?' joked one fan in the comments.

'One can only imagine. We can only hope that it stays as pretty as it is,' said another.  

'I'd put a dirty moustache on ya mate ! For sure always have a sharpie in my pocket,' joked someone else. 

It comes after Poh heartbreakingly admitted she feels 'guilty' over the death of her beloved mother in her interview with The Australian Women's Weekly.

The TV star lost her mother Christina to cancer in November 2022 and was working overseas when she passed away.

Poh devastatingly shared her regrets over going on the overseas trip, saying it is something she still regrets as she reflected on Christina's long cancer battle.

'She was ill, she encouraged me to go, but I shouldn't have – it will be a wound forever,' she told the magazine. 

'She never complained once in all her treatment – so stoic. I was convinced she was going to win the battle and buy at least a couple more months, if not years.

'I took her courage for granted, but it turned out to be the worst rolling of a dice ever.'

Earlier this year, Poh broke down in tears on MasterChef as she discussed her relationship with her late mother.

Wiping away tears, the Malaysian-born presenter said her mother struggled to show affection until Poh shot to fame on MasterChef in 2009. 

The heartbreaking moment began when contestant Nat revealed her mother told her she was proud of her for the first time when she landed a spot on the show, with Poh then detailing her own experience.

'After I was on MasterChef, it was one of the first times my mum had ever expressed that she was proud of me,' Poh shared through tears.

Overwhelmed with emotion, she continued: 'I think that's why when I'm in this kitchen I am very emotional because it affected so much of my life outside of cooking.

'Cooking became that thing that bonded us because we did have that very Asian thing of having trouble expressing our love. 

'So, it's just so amazing how this kitchen connects us in so many different ways.'

Two years after Christina's passing, Poh admitted her grief still hits her in the moments she least expects it.

'I find that it visits at the most unexpected of times. I find that it's when your mind is not active; like when you're doing something quite mundane, like driving,' she told Refinery 29.

'It's almost like when you're busy and you're doing things, it's a way of keeping [grief] under wraps, but when you're least unaware, it kind of pops out to say hi.'

Elsewhere in her interview with Women's Weekly, Poh also reflected on other relationships in her life, including the difficulties of going through two divorces. 

Poh revealed why she has decided to stay single after being married twice and told what her deal-breaker would be in any new relationship.

'I don't know how I'd operate with someone else in my life. I've been through two marriages, and I think I need to find a new model. I think keeping separate residences is brilliant,' she said.

Poh married her first husband Matt Phipps in 1989 but they separated after nine years together.

The reality star then went on to tie the knot with Jono Bennett in 2014, but they went their separate ways in early 2021 after six years together.

She remains on good terms with both of her ex-husbands and has previously spoken openly about how she manages to maintain close friendships with them both.

After her divorces, Poh ran Jamface café in Adelaide with both of her exes and Matt's new wife Sarah Rich, with their 'love square' business arrangement prompting huge interest.

Speaking on the Share My Mood podcast, Poh spoke about how she navigates her relationship with Matt, who is now married to her best friend of 20 years Sarah.

She revealed she is still friends with both Matt and Sarah and described it as 'awesome' and 'weird' that they have all managed to maintain such a close bond.

'He's still my ride or die, Matt and we still have the hugest domestics in front of his partner, who's my best friend,' she told the KIIS Network's Will & Woody.

'That's the part of the whole awesome, weird story. We're all still really good mates.'

Poh said she worked through her 'unresolved love' to form a 'healthy' relationship with Matt which allowed them both to move on.

She shared: 'I think when people are still triggered by their partners, I think there's something about them that still has a hold over them and you want to be rid of that, so that you're an empty vessel to go on to your new relationship with.'

She revealed that she and Matt separated because she felt like she had stopped 'recognising herself' in the midst of their 'dysfunction'.

Poh candidly said it made her realise that their relationship wouldn't work as a marriage, but they instead managed to remain close friends after their split.