Judge Kate Traill, handing down the sentence, said the case “highlights the negative influence of social media on young women”.

Melina Roberge, 24, pleaded guilty to smuggling 95 kilograms of cocaine into Australia in 2016.

Roberge and her accomplice, Isabelle Lagace, posted beautiful pictures while travelling across the world on the MS Sea Princess.

The pair and their companion, Andre Tamin, who invited them on the cruise, were arrested on arrival when the cocaine was found.

Border officials said there was so much cocaine that the women “did not have much room for clean underwear or spare toothbrushes”.

Judge Traill said: “It is a very sad indictment on her relative age group in society to seem to get self worth relative to posts on Instagram.

“It is sad they seek to attain such a vacuous existence where how many likes they receive are their currency.

“She was seduced by lifestyle and the opportunity to post glamorous Instagram photos from around the world.”