Kelly Brook is making a sensational return to the spotlight as this year's I'm A Celebrity pin-up, three decades after first gracing the covers of men's magazines as a glamour model. The 45-year-old television presenter is taking her jungle role seriously, even having her bikinis professionally screen tested before entering the Australian camp.
From Page Three to Jungle Queen
The former Britain's Got Talent presenter, who first found fame as a Page Three model in the nineties, revealed to the Mail on Sunday that she's packed numerous swimwear options for her jungle adventure. "I've got loads of different brands. I've got lots of different bikinis with me," Brook explained, adding that "they've all gone off to wardrobe to get tested on camera."
Despite her modelling background, the Kent-born beauty issued a gentle warning to ITV viewers ahead of tonight's launch show: "I'm not a 20 year old bikini model anymore. Life changes and your body changes, and I just hope people are accepting of me and how I look now and not comparing me to how I used to look."
Embracing Confidence at 45
Brook, who will celebrate her 46th birthday during her jungle stay, expressed remarkable self-assurance about her current physique. "I feel really confident. I feel really strong. I feel like my body's in good shape," she declared. "I just feel great. I mean, yeah, I'm 46 and I embrace my curves. I embrace my body."
The radio host, who landed her first modelling job at just 16, parachuted from a helicopter on Thursday to begin her jungle experience, marking a dramatic return to the public eye after establishing herself as a respected presenter.
Following in Myleene Klass's Footsteps
Brook appears to be strategically planning her jungle shower moments, taking inspiration from fellow presenter Myleene Klass, whose iconic 2006 shower scene in a white bikini became embedded in I'm A Celebrity history and helped secure her runner-up position.
Revealing she'd consulted Klass about jungle preparation, Brook shared: "Myleene was actually, she did talk to me about the shower. She said that when she arrived, she actually had to run out and get a bikini. So I made sure that I packed plenty of swimsuits."
However, Brook acknowledged the spontaneous magic of Klass's famous moment: "That white bikini that she wore, that iconic scene of her in the shower looking incredible, that was just that was not a pre planned thing. I think it would be very difficult to try and recreate something like that."
As she prepares for up to four weeks in the jungle, Brook admitted she's more concerned about her husband, model Jeremy Pairisi, managing at home than her own jungle challenges. "I was like, I'm actually more worried about him being at home alone than I'm about me going in the jungle," she revealed, noting she'd pre-prepared dog food but remained uncertain about what her husband would eat during her absence.
Brook joins a diverse camp including Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp, social media star AngryGinge, Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack, and rapper Aitch, bringing three decades of entertainment industry experience and a new-found confidence to this year's competition.
