Work of art or a pervert's paradise? Risqué 26ft statue of Marilyn Monroe is unveiled in the Windy City

By Amy Oliver


That pose, that dress, the blonde hair, the luscious lips ...

A 26-foot tall statue of Marilyn Monroe towering above tourists in the middle of Chicago was unveiled on Friday to much applause.

Bemused shoppers stopped and stared, a boy tried to crawl up her leg and the men from a wedding party could not resist taking a few photos from all angles.

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High and mighty: The curious gather around Seward Johnson's 26ft sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Chicago


Desperate to keep her identity a secret until Friday, workers who put the statue in place on Thursday had to put a rather unsightly cloth bag over the poor girl's head, albeit it one in red, white and blue.

The statue, by artist Seward Johnson, replicates the actress's famous subway scene in 1955 film The Seven Year Itch and was unveiled on Chicago's Pioneer Court.

In the scene Monroe stands over a subway grate as a breeze from a train passing below blows her skirt over her panties.

It was shot in New York but as the Windy City, Chicago seems like the second best location for such an art work.

Cameras at the ready: While their wives and girlfriends were not there, the men from a wedding party took scores of photos from all different angles

Now THAT'S a Kodak moment! Or at least an iPhone moment

Simply irresistible: A cheeky boy tries to scale her leg while some really enjoy the rear views


It will be on show through the Spring of 2012.

The stainless steel and aluminium sculpture, which weighs a whopping 34,000lbs, has raised more than a few eyebrows.

Not least because visitors to the plaza are at once confronted with Monroe's pert bottom in gleaming white panties and her perfect pins bedecked in white, open-toe kitten heels.

Covered up: A worker puts the finishing touches to the statue on Thursday

What did you do at work today darling? One man touches up the statue's under carriage with paint

Breathtaking views: A worker is seen spraying the statue's panties before the great unveiling on Friday

You missed a bit: Well, Monroe always did have men at her feet


Men have been spotted gawping while their wives get cross and attempt to shield their eyes and lots of people have stopped to take a quick snap of the giantess before she goes public tomorrow.

Not all are happy of course. Abraham Ritchie wrote on Art Chicago Blog the statue was a 'creepy schlock from a fifth-rate sculptor that blights a first-rate public art collection.'

But the Zeller Realty Group, which owns the plaza and now its statue, wants Marilyn to make people think.

...And the real thing: Monroe cools off via the subway in front of Tom Ewell in The Seven Year Itch


'(Paul Zeller) likes to bring in things that cause a conversation,' said a spokesman from the company. 'They might be controversial, but he likes art that makes people think.'

And if that fails at least her skirt will be a good place to shelter from the rain.

Watch the statue midway through construction






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Ciao bella! Kelly Brook looks just creamy in a pale bikini as she takes a cooling dip on holiday in the Bay Of Naples

By Jody Thompson


Water babe: Kelly Brook took a cooling dip in the sea at her hotel in Ischia, Italy, today


She's been having fun in the Italian sun after hitting the Ischia Film Festival to boost her profile as an actress - and now Kelly Brook has revealed the figure that her fans know and love on the beach.

The curvy 31-year-old stripped down to a cream bikini at her hotel to top up her tan with a friend and have a refreshing swim in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

The stunning model is having a few days off now the festival has finished and today decided to relax by the pool at her hotel on the island of Ischia after a day trip across the bay to Naples yesterday.

Working holiday: The star flew out earlier this week for the Ischia Film Festival with her U.S. agent Justin Deanda, pictured here

Fun in the sun: Model and actress Kelly made the most of her Italian trip and larked about with a friend at the side of the pool


Kelly is staying at the L'Albergo Della Regina Isabella on the island in the Bay Of Naples and chose to have a dip in one of the hotel's three pools.

She also larked about with a friend and took a picture of the two of them together
Built on ancient Greek-Roman ruins on the seashore, it was built in the Dolce Vita era of the 1950s.

Drying off: The star looked sultry as she emerged from the sea and got ready to sunbathe

Business partners: Kelly and her U.S. agent Justin are staying at the Della Regina Isabella hotel on the island

Shady lady: The model looked stunning as she protected her eyes from the fierce rays with sunglasses


Kelly will also be looking forward to the live music in the cocktail bar every evening.

However, Kelly's boyfriend Thom won't be joining her.

Her spokesman told Mail Online: 'She's gone out with her U.S. agent but will back at the weekend and no, Thom isn't joining her as it's a quick trip.'

Done to a turn: The star covered up in a cute spotted kaftan when she'd had enough sun


Yesterday, Kelly's smile was almost as sunny as the weather yesterday as the star enjoyed a day trip to Naples across the water.

She turned tourist as she strolled the streets of old Napoli before taking to the waves on a boat trip.

The beaming star was wearing a gorgeous 1950s-style sundress from the Jasper Conran Spring/Summer 2011 collection with a cute seaside print and had teamed it with cute lemon yellow Superga plimsolls with white soles and a chic Louis Vuitton handbag.

You look ice: Kelly Brook looked pretty as a picture as she licked an ice cream while taking in the sights of Naples yesterday in a Jasper Conran dress and Superga plimsolls

All aboard: Kelly also took a boat trip as she enjoyed what the coastal city had to offer

Something to remember: The model perused the souvenir stand on the bay


The brunette beauty also cooled down with an ice cream as she checked out the pottery on a souvenir stand.

However, it seems that Kelly was being checked out herself.

She wrote on her official Twitter last night: 'In Naples! Men are looking at me like I am Gelato!! Are there women in Italy??'

Sea legs: Kelly took a boat trip out from the harbour and took some pictures of the views

Picture perfect: The model looked stunning as the sea breeze ruffled her hair on the deck

Sunny smile: The star flew out to Italy for the Ischia film festival but is having fun as a tourist too


Kelly flew out earlier this week to the island of Ischia, which is in the Bay Of Naples, for the annual film festival.

However, there's been no sign of her hunky boyfriend Thom Evans as yet.

Kelly is certainly enjoying herself regardless.

Shady lady: The sun got a bit too bright at times on what was a glorious summer's day


She wrote on her Twitter in the early hours of this morning: 'Just took a boat ride home under a full moon with beautiful people. Viva Italia'.

Fans of Kelly - and probably a lot of those Italian men - will be hoping that Kelly pays a visit to the beach while she's there.

The model has teamed up with New Look to launch a swimwear range which has proved popular with stars of The Only Way Is Essex.

Kelly could use her holiday as a chance to model her own pieces while topping up her tan at the same time.

Got it licked: Kelly's Twitter confession yesterday


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How losing weight can change your personality... and it may not be for the better

By Lucy Cavendish


Slimmed down: Lucy lost four stone after dieting but admits keeping the weight off is a constant battle

Three years ago, I was fat. I really was. I was a roly-poly great big lump of lard. I weighed 14st 4lb, far too much for my 5ft 8in frame. I’d go into High Street stores and despair that no clothes fitted me.

I’d stand in front of the mirror and stare in horror at my increasing curves. I didn’t just look fat — I looked as if I was about to give birth. It was so bad that people got up for me on trains.

A woman in a restaurant even came up and congratulated me on my pregnancy. ‘Not long now,’ she said encouragingly. I sat there, burning with shame and close to tears.

That’s what really did it. I decided then and there that I couldn’t bear being fat any more.

Like former Birds Of A Feather star Pauline Quirke, who this week revealed her new svelte figure after losing more than six stone, I decided there was only one thing for it. The excess baggage had to go.

Quirke lost her weight on the LighterLife diet — a drastic regime that requires women to eat no more than 500 calories a day. I lost four stone with WeightWatchers, which offers a less drastic approach. But we both achieved the same result, losing 30 per cent of our total body weight.

I am now — after three years of dieting and being extremely careful about what I eat — a healthy and light 10st 3lb. Every time I climb on the scales, I want to do a dance of pure joy. For the first time in 15 years, I’m slim. In fact, I’m actually lighter than I was in my early 20s.

Yet proud as I am, something crucial and unexpected has changed. It’s not only my body shape that has been transformed, but my personality, too.

It’s as if I have morphed into a different person on the inside, as well as outside.

From being a laid-back type, happy to eat, drink, be merry and have endless parties, I’ve become a rampant control freak.

Instead of cooking or spending time with my husband, I’m either doing stomach crunches in the sitting room or talking about how guilty I feel that I’ve eaten too much. I am, in short, a bore. I have that nervous energy I always used to associate with thin people.

I can’t sit down (if I sit, I might be tempted to eat). I won’t go out for dinner. I won’t let my husband cook for me in case he sneaks fat into things. I feel so sorry for him.

He used to show he loved me by cooking for the family. Now, he just stands there looking like someone’s chopped his arms off. He’s like a forlorn mother bird, desperate to feed me, but not knowing how to.

My lack of eating has probably done untold damage to our relationship. How do you relax with your loved one if she won’t eat or drink?

If we do go out for dinner, I spend so long worrying about what to consume that I’m surprised he doesn’t get up and leave.

I think he preferred me when I was a bit curvier, but he does like the new me. He says ‘gosh you’re tiny’ in an admiring voice, but he definitely misses the intimacy we had when we ate together.

Curvy: Lucy doesn't miss her pre-diet body

Now, he comes in from work and cooks himself a stir-fry and then eats it on his own. He then opens a bottle of wine and pours himself a glass. Meanwhile, I’m on the camomile tea and a slice of cucumber.

It’s a lonely life on both sides!

It’s not helped my relationship with my friends, either. Some of them (the thin ones) are delighted and encouraging. Others (the foodies) are appalled.

When I go round to their houses and refuse pasta smothered in parmesan, chicken cooked in cream, and gateau, I know I am hurting their feelings. It gets worse when I wave away the wine, the brandy and even the glasses of fizz.

‘You used to be such fun!’ they say, giving my husband sympathetic looks. ‘Yes, I was fun, but I was also fat,’ is my retort.

I have also turned into a terrible, judgmental fat-ist. Every time I see someone who is overweight, I want to scream at them: ‘Go on a diet!’

I have friends who drive me so mad with their overeating that I want to tape their mouths shut. Recently, I fell out with a friend when I commented rather acerbically on why she was eating an entire bar of chocolate for her pudding. We haven’t spoken since.

But now I’m thin, I can’t bear fat people’s lack of self-control, their gluttony, their inability to see what harm they are doing to themselves. I’m like one of those TV evangelists.

If I see someone about to munch down one of those huge baguettes filled with brie, I feel like screaming. The sight of a chocolate muffin can bring me out in hives. I feel it’s my duty to explain constantly to everyone how much better I feel now I am thin.

Do I look better? Of course I do! It’s certainly true that people — particularly men — like you more when you are thin. I am sure some of my friends miss the old me, but I don’t.

I don’t want to be bovine, chewing the cud and watching the world go by. I want to be able to move and run and not be weighed down. If my friends don’t like me this way, then tough.

I also get congratulated on how much weight I have lost. People seem so proud of me. ‘You look great,’ is the refrain, ‘and so thin!’

I feel younger, sexier, more agile, more attractive, more powerful — and less paranoid and self-hating.

Transformed: Emmerdale actress Pauline Quirke has lost a huge six stone after years of being overweight with Lighter Life


But, despite it all, there lurks this dark side to being thin, as I am sure Pauline Quirke will discover. There’s a tyranny involved in keeping slim, for in every former-fat person, there is still a fatty waiting to get out again.

I adore cake, biscuits and ice cream, so I find it hard to have anything sweet in the house.

I tend to buy biscuits for the children and the occasional packet of crisps, but I always try to get the flavours I don’t like. If I do, in a moment of weakness, buy a tub of Ben & Jerry’s, I’ll eat the whole lot in one go. Then I’ll feel so sick and full of remorse that I want to kill myself.

I also spend endless hours obsessing about food, dreaming up all the delicious dishes I could eat. To avoid this, I chew on a couple of prawns — no dressing — hoping that my hunger pangs will go away.

Healthy eating: But Lucy admits sticking to low fat foods makes meal times less interesting


Even my dreams have changed. I used to be a good sleeper. Now, I have recurring nightmares in which I’ve eaten so much that I’ve put all the weight back on again.

There are days when all I want to do is eat biscuits. There are days when all I actually do is eat biscuits. But then there’s the terrible guilt afterwards. It’s almost unbearable.

I’ve become the sort of woman who apologises for eating a square of chocolate.

To offset this occasional secret biscuit-eating, I exercise like a fanatic.

I do yoga for an hour or more every day. I walk for an hour-and-a-half. I run and swim and take a boxercise class. If I miss any activity, I beat myself up about it and do extra the next day.

But it’s not all terrible! Honestly. It’s great to feel fitter. It’s wonderful to look better. If I could just stop being quite so paranoid and be more accepting of others and just relax, life would be perfect!

Oh, be forewarned Pauline. Thinness is a psychological battlefield. It really, really is.


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Now even your work-out can be bad for you: The dangers of extreme exercising

By Daisy Dumas


Buff: Jake Gyllenhaal and Heidi Montag are extreme exercisers. Gyllenhaal became addicted while training for Prince of Persia while Montag exercised for up to 14 hours a day before the MGM Grand pool party last month


We all know that exercising is a vital part of staying healthy.

But, even when it comes to fitness, anything in excess can be damaging.

A worrying new trend points to some Americans over-exercising, in what is known as ‘extreme exercising’.

High-profile addicts include Hollywood actor, Jake Gyllenhaal, and reality TV star, Heidi Montag.


Gyllenhaal, who completely transformed his body for the buff title role in Prince of Persia, admitted in March that he became addicted to exercise after working out for the blockbuster movie.

In an interview with Men’s Journal, the ‘cardio monster’ said he even suffered shin splints and has ‘had to teach [him]self to slow down a bit.’

Montag has replaced an apparent addiction to plastic surgery with a hours at the gym. Following drastic facial augmentation in 2009 - in which she underwent 10 dangerous procedures in a single day - Heidi Montag told ABC News in an interview last year that she ‘almost risked everything, all my relationships and myself, for vanity.’

Whether or not driven by the same urge, the fake-breasted celeb reportedly worked out for up to 14 hours a day before the MGM Grand's Wet Republic VIP pool party in Las Vegas last month.


Her dedication to the gym has raised alarm with experts.

Fitness expert, Michael Shaw, owner of New York Personal Training, told MailOnline, 'Like anything in the extreme, extreme exercise is a problem.'

'The most obvious danger is injury, overusing and overloading joints. The body's not meant to withstand that type of training.'

He says that the central nervous system can be affected, causing sleeplessness, while problems can also arise from 'the body not being fuelled right.'

Perhaps most worrying is his observation that extreme exercisers 'tend to have an unrealistic view of what the body is', suffering from body dismorphia.

Extreme exercise can lead to anorexia athletica, when working out becomes compulsive.

Addicted: Extreme exerciser, Brooke Mora, works out for up to 30 hours a week


Shaw recommends that his clients do not work out for more than 45 minutes to an hour at any one time.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends just 2 and a half hours of moderate aerobic activity a week for adults, while the American College of Sports Medicine recommends doing moderately intense cardio 30 minutes a day, five days a week, or vigorously intense cardio 20 minutes a day, three days a week.

Both Gyllenhaal and Montag's work-out routines far exceed the recommendations – and it's not limited to celebrities, either.

In an interview with Good Morning America, extreme exerciser Brooke Mora described how a bad break-up lead to a fitness compulsion.

Forgetting the balanced lifestyle mantra, 'everything in moderation', the 31 year old works out for up to 30 hours a week, fitting training in before and after work and on her lunchbreak.


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Katie Price posts shocking snap of her extremely skinny naked torso to Twitter but insists she's eating healthily

By Sarah Fitzmaurice


Slimming down: Katie Price has posted a shocking picture of her naked torso to Twitter after telling her fans she was eating healthy and ditching the carbs


She has claimed her slim frame is down to healthy eating and ditching the carbs but many fans will be shocked by the picture Katie Price posted to her twitter page on Sunday.

The snap shows the model’s naked torso with her ribs clearly visible and her absolutely tiny waist on display with the picture showing the bottom of her breast down to her hip bone.

Along with the picture, which the reality TV star has since taken down from her page, Katie posted: ‘I'm not on diet just trying to be heathly (sic) with good foods and carbs bloat me.’

Shocking snap: Katie Price posted a picture of her naked torso to her Twitter page but the snap may shock fans because of her extremely skinny frame


Katie, who shot to fame as Jordan has also been giving fans an insight into her daily diet and posted: ‘My juice today for breakfast was pineapple,apples,ginger,banana,ginger,orange,mango,natural yoghurt,manuka honey!for lunch roast dinner haha.’

The 33-year-old model, who has always been slim, regularly talks about her weight and her physical insecurities which have resulted in her having considerable plastic surgery over the years including several breast implants, lip fillers, botox and liposuction.

In June she referred to herself as ‘a short dumpy little thing’ and said she wouldn’t model with her boyfriend Leandro Penna because he is so much younger and taller than she is.

'I'm a short dumpy thing': Katie Price has often spoken about her weight and said she feels dumpy next to her 6ft 4 boyfriend Leandro Penna


While Katie has been busy working on her new reality TV show, searching for the next big glamour model, she is looking forward to some rest and relaxation with her family and friends.

Of course her Argentine boyfriend Leandro will be in tow, along with his own daughter from a previous relationship, her children and many members of her family.

Her best friends Gary and Phil, who Alex Reid referred to as the Gay Mafia and blamed for creating tension in their year-long marriage, will also be joined the group on holiday.

At the weekend Katie avoided the cagefighter who posed up with his new girlfriend Chantelle Houghton at the Duke of Essex polo, deciding to attend a charity polo at the Tidworth polo club in Wiltshire instead.

While Katie and Leandro put up a loving display for the cameras, Alex enjoyed the event alongside two of Katie’s former flames her ex-husband Peter Andre and her former lover Dane Bowers.


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Princess Beatrice looks just peachy in a light pink dress as she shops in St Tropez

By Georgina Littlejohn


Princess Peachy: Beatrice looked very summery in her light pink dress as she strolled around St Tropez


She might have been criticised for her choice of attire in the past but Princess Beatrice is certainly coming into her own in the fashion stakes.

Proved yesterday as she strolled around St Tropez in a pretty peach kaftan cover-up which suited her fair skin and red hair perfectly.

The young royal looked very summery as she shopped in the French Riviera town with some friends.


Also in tow was her long-term boyfriend Dave Clark who had joined her on the holiday and former Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini.

Beatrice, 22, looked happy and relaxed as she browsed the designer shops and chatted and laughed with her friends.

And no wonder she was in a good mood after receiving a 2:1 in her history degree last week.

Summer loving: Beatrice was accompanied by her long-term boyfriend Dave Clark who looked smart but casual in his checked shirt, shorts and flip flops


She teamed her peach kaftan, which covered her black bikini, with a white canvas fedora hat.

The Princess is back in France having holidayed there with Clark on a £400,000-a-week super-yacht in the South of France at the end of last month.

She jetted back to the UK to receive her degree result and attend the Centre Court semi-final match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Novak Djokovic on July 1.

Shopping spree: Beatrice and her friends hit St Tropez's designer boutiques

Where shall we go next? Beatrice peruses the shops as they decide where to spend their money


But she is now back in the South of France and was seen treating herself to some couture from French designer Max Azria's boutique.

She and two girlfriends perused the shops and splashed out on some new clothes, which we may get to see at some point throughout their vacation.

And no doubt Beatrice would have taken some shopping tips from her new stylist.

Can I wait outside? Dave hangs his head as an excited Beatrice heads to another shop


According to reports, the royal has hired Harry Potter star Emma Watson's stylist to help her improve her image.

She appointed Charlie Anderson, whose clients include Katie Holmes, Anne Hathaway and Nicole Richie, at a cost of £1,500 a day.

A source told New magazine: 'She's encouraged Beatrice to tone down patterns and go for block colour, great tailoring and stylish accessories.'


Shopping is hungry work: The gang -which included former Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini (far right) - take a pause from their spree and head off for a bite to eat


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Mark Wright and Lauren Goodger put on a show of unity poolside in Las Vegas as she reveals the wedding's 'on hold'

By Sarah Bull


Show of unity: Mark Wright and Lauren Goodger strolled along hand-in-hand at their hotel in Las Vegas as Lauren revealed she has put their wedding on hold


Mark Wright and Lauren Goodger put on a show of unity on holiday in Las Vegas yesterday, after Lauren gave an interview saying she has put their wedding on hold.

The pair strolled along hand-in-hand by their hotel pool before kissing and cuddling in the cool water.

However, Lauren has told new! magazine that she won't be walking down the aisle with Mark anytime soon, because she has lost her trust in him following reports he cheated on her with ex Lucy Mecklenburgh in Marbella.


She said: 'The wedding’s on hold. I’m not ready. He needs to show me that he’s the one I want to be with. I don’t have to be with him. I know I’ll be OK. He’s not the be all and end all.'

And Lauren said after his antics in Marbella, she isn't keen on him going on holiday by himself ever again.

She added: 'He was on a stag so he got away with that one. I won’t allow it again. He’s lost that trust. He will never go to Marbella without me. Ever.'

Smiles all round: The couple looked in good spirits as they basked in the sunshine and enjoyed a dip in the pool

Loved-up: The couple appeared to be very affectionate as they were photographed kissing in the pool


Lauren yesterday showed off her curvy figure in a pretty peach bikini, while Mark stood out from the crowd in a pair of bright pink swimming shorts.

And while the pair proved they are very much still together with their loved-up display, Lauren insisted she won't be staying with Mark if she can prove he was unfaithful.

She told the magazine: 'There’s a limit to what I can take. If I could prove he’d cheated, I’d leave.

Bikini babe: Lauren showed off her curves in a strapless peach bikini and a pair of sky-high wedges poolside


'But because I’ve not got that evidence and everyone’s going "Oh that’s just what they make it look like," what can I do? If he does disrespect me, it’ll come out in the end.''

Lauren added that the Mark she loves isn't the same as the man shown on The Only Way Is Essex.

She explained: 'I’ve known Mark since he was 14 so to me he’s just Mark. Everyone thinks I put him on a pedestal, but I don’t. It’s equal.

Messing around: Mark and Lauren tweeted their excitement after arriving in Vegas for a photoshoot

Looking good! Lauren tries on Mark's hat for size and pouts to show it suits her


'And he’s probably more jealous about me than I am of him. But they don’t like to show that on the show because they want to make it look like he’s the player.'

Mark and Lauren jetted out to Las Vegas yesterday for a photoshoot in Sin City.

However, tourists at Las Vegas airport said Mark and Lauren did not appear affectionate with one another as they walked off the plane and through the terminal.

Bored? At one point, the couple seemed slightly bored as they relaxed at the edge of the pool

'They didn't look like two people who've just arrived for a sun-soaked holiday,' one eyewitness said.

'The only time they seemed to smile was when they were talking to fans.

'The rest of the time they were walking slightly apart and looking at their phones.

'Perhaps they were just tired from the flight, but they certainly weren't their usual bubbly selves.'

However, Lauren certainly seemed in good spirits as she wrote on her Twitter page yesterday: 'Just woke up in Vegas had a nap after rehab pool party 2day.

'It was mental now getting ready for a night out 2 see what vegas has got :)yay!x'
A similarly excited Mark tweeted: 'OMG!! Vegas is unreal, the best place iv ever been to in my life mw and @LaurenGoodger are slightly hungover lol looking forward to the pool.'

He later added: 'Just chilling at the caesars palace vegas its just like being on the hangover haha wow this place is amazing !!'


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Watch your back, Pammie: Imogen Thomas has a Baywatch moment on the beach in California

By Andrea Magrath


Pammie eat your heart out: Imogen Thomas attempts to recreate the iconic Baywatch slow-run on the beach in California


Ryan Giggs made headlines this week when pictures of him strolling happily with his wife Stacey on a make-or-break holiday in Majorca surfaced.

Not to be outdone, the woman at the centre of the Giggs scandal, Imogen Thomas, put on an attention-grabbing show yesterday on her own sunshine break in California.

The former Big Brother star ensured the spotlight was firmly back on her by donning a Baywatch-style red swimsuit and recreating Pamela Anderson's iconic jog on the beach.

Television icon: The 28-year-old paid tribute to Pamela Anderson's famous role


The 28-year-old even grabbed a life-saving floatation device for her attempt at the famous slow-run, and pranced along the sand with a friend.

Imogen had a little less success when she tried her hand at roller-skating the same day.

Remaining in her red swimsuit, she had no problem attracting the attention of male passers-by, who turned to ogle the brunette as she leaned down to show off her behind and plenty of cleavage.

Skater girls: Imogen later tried her hand at roller-skating along the promenade at the beach front

Turning heads: Imogen ensured she drew the attention of others as she pulled some provocative poses


Unfortunately, Imogen's efforts to turn heads worked a little too well - and she drew plenty of stares when she took a spectacular tumble.

Miss Thomas lost her footing at one point, and ended up flying off the pavement in a crash landing.

Her red-head friend looked on in horror at Imogen's ungraceful tumble, but luckily for the reality star, she had a soft landing on the sand.

Whoops! Imogen skates off-course as her horrified friend looks on helplessly

Going: She skates into the sand, and discovers that it is perhaps not the easiest surface on which to skate


After the scandal and attention of the past few months, landing head first in the sand appeared to be the least of Imogen's worries, and she laughed the incident off good-naturedly.

It hasn't been all sun and sand for the controversial celebrity during her time Stateside.

Imogen told followers on Twitter that she's also been holding meetings in between having fun.

'Gym done again! Its 7.20am! looking forward to today and my meeting tonight. Oh Iove the american accent on guys....sexy sexy,' she wrote this week.

Gone: Imogen tumbles on to the sand, as bemused onlookers stare

Red-face: She laughed off her less-than-graceful crash landing


Back on this side of the pond, Ryan and Stacey Giggs were putting on a unite front during their holiday in Spain.

As reported in the Mail this week, their holiday is the clearest indication yet that Mrs Giggs has forgiven her footballer husband after the revelations of his affair with Miss Thomas, and also his sister-in-law Natasha Giggs.

The couple have been holed up in a £22,000-a-week villa on the holiday isle, reportedly locked in intense discussions about their future.

Steady on: The former Big Brother star was a little wobbly on her skates, but eventually got the hang of it


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