Heaton strips naked for magazine shoot

Michelle Heaton has stripped naked for a magazine photoshoot.

The former Liberty X and Celebrity Big Brother star appears in the same nude Closer feature as ex-Emmerdale actress Adele Silva.

Heaton told the magazine: "This is the first time I've ever posed with no clothes on and I'm a bit nervous.

"I've been offered thousands to pose naked for lads' mags, but always refused. It's only now that I've felt ready to do it tastefully."

She added: "I'm 31 and I've never been in better shape. I want to send a message that I'm an ordinary girl who's struggled to get fit like everyone else, but I've finally figured out what works for me. I'm now healthy - it's so liberating."

Last year, Heaton claimed that her dress-sense had matured since her split from husband Andy Scott-Lee and said that she wants "different looks out of life now".