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Shirley Ballas shared a message of body positivity as she tried out a slew of bikinis and swimwear in her back garden ahead of Strictly Come Dancing 2023.<\/p>\n
The judge, 62, said she was \u2018feeling fabulous\u2019 as posted pictures of herself in a black and white floral and multicoloured halter neck two pieces, as well as a vibrant blue and navy swimming costume on her Instagram.<\/p>\n
The dancer captioned the post: \u2018Feeling fabulous in my\u00a0@fantasie_lingerie\u00a0bikinis #gifted. inspired by the beautiful\u00a0@motsimabuse.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m on my way to feeling healthy and embracing my authentic self. I\u2019m juicing each day, I\u2019m loving my\u00a0@hotpodyogadulwich\u00a0in the mornings and I\u2019m taking time to relax with my mum after my Skyathlon. <\/p>\n
\u2018A reminder for you all to love yourself and your bodies no matter what others say or how hard it may be. Your body is your home that carries you through this journey called life. (sic).\u2019<\/p>\n
It comes after Shirley completed a\u00a0series of extreme tasks, including riding the world\u2019s fastest zipline, wing walking 700ft in the air and plunging 13,000ft from the sky, in support of suicide prevention\u00a0charity\u00a0Campaign Against Living Miserably (Calm).<\/p>\n
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Shirley was raising money for Calm in honour of her late brother David,\u00a0who took his own life\u00a0in 2003.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019ve done it for everybody out there who has lost a loved one, or anybody who\u2019s living miserably, and for my brother David and my student that just passed a couple of weeks ago, age 38. I\u2019m glad I went through with it,\u2019 she said<\/p>\n
Shirley will be preparing for the upcoming series of Strictly Come Dancing after the line-up was revealed.<\/p>\n
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Taking to the ballroom this year will be Paralympic champion Jody Cundy and former British number one tennis player Annabel Croft as well as BBC Asian Network\u2019s Breakfast Show host Nikita Kanda, actress Amanda Abbington, Bad Education star Layton Williams and broadcaster Angela Rippon.<\/p>\n
Soap stars past and present on this year\u2019s Strictly include former Coronation Street star Ellie Leach, EastEnders actor Bobby Brazier, former EastEnders star Nigel Harman and Waterloo Road star Adam Thomas.<\/p>\n
They will be joined by journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy, comedian Eddie Kadi, Irish TV presenter Angela Scanlon, former Love Island star Zara McDermott and comedian Les Dennis.<\/p>\n