GEMMA Collins said she was proud to strip off on The Real Full Monty this week – saying “I’m a bigger girl but my body looks great”.
Ten brave celebs bared all to raise awareness of all types of cancer and are shared their individual and family heartache along the way.
TV favourite Gemma, 42, opened up about her mum Joan, 67, finding a cancerous lump between her breast and armpit and said it gave her wake-up call.
She joined Coleen Nolan, Julia Bradbury, Ben Cohen, Pete Wicks and other famous faces as she got naked in front of an audience.
Gemma said she’s delighted to be part of such an important cause and represent “real” women.
She exclusively told The Sun: “I just fully went for it, it was all about the body confidence and letting people feel that if they’re bigger, they can still go on and shake their tush and just constantly putting that positive message out there.
“I had no worries or insecurities beforehand, the cause overpowered, even if there was a little niggle, but we had taken our bra off so many times and done the dance so many times before the final show that it kind of like drinking a cup of tea.
She added: “Do you know what, constantly when you’re on TV you’re worrying about this, worrying about that…‘am I fat? ‘do I look young? And so on.
“This is me now, people want more realness now.
“My body looked great, yeah I’m a bigger girl but I looked fine on there.
“Everyone comes in different shapes and sizes, so it’s just highlighting that as well, that it’s okay to have boobs that are different from each other.”
She said she’ll be stripping off in more bikinis in the New Year and revealed her new business plan: “Yeah, I really would love to bring out a swimwear collection for plus size beauties for next year, for sure.”
