Stacey Solomon shares a bikini photo with an inspirational message
She's all about body positivity
Last updated 15th Jun 2018
Loose Women panellist Stacey Solomon has taken to Instagram to post an inspirational message, alongside a photo of herself with fellow Loose Women hosts Nadia Sawalha and Kaye Adams, in swimwear.
Stacey captioned the photo, 'No filter needed... This pic takes me back to the incredible @loosewomen #BodyStories. Enjoy your summer and celebrate how wonderful you are inside and out... Every Body Is Beautiful...'
Stacey is known for her inspirational messages and body positivity, having previously taken to social media a number of times, including once to hit back at publications who airbrushed photos of her.
In the photos for magazine Celebrity Secrets she was wearing a very bright and eye-catching green bikini, however she asked the magazine to publish both the natural photos of her body as it really is, as well as the edited photos.
Stacey then posted some of the images to her Instagram page with an inspiring caption, she wrote, 'This is how scary airbrushing can be... just remember when you’re looking at someone’s post or in a mag or poster you might not be looking at real life images!
'I’m so proud of the interview and shoot I did with @celebritysecretsmag highlighting how dangerous this kind of body morphing is and why all bodies should be celebrated no matter what shape or size!' sic
She then added, 'I look better UN airbrushed in my opinion and love my natural lumps and bumps!" before ending the post: "Love yourself because you’re perfect.' sic
This came after a hilarious video of Stacey wearing a bikini, went viral last year. Stacey spoke to Closer Online about the moment she realised she wanted to become a champion for body positivity.
She said, "I think seeing myself in a national paper being told that I don't look good because my boobs are saggy made me feel really uncomfortable because I like my boobs."
Continuing with her body positivity, just a couple of months ago Stacey posted a photo of herself without make-up, again with an inspirational message in which she feels beautiful despite having 'spots and scars',
She said, 'In this picture I feel beautiful and the spots and scars don’t and WILL NOT take that away form me. You don’t have to be blemish free to be beautiful. And anyone worried about going natural because of there skin, DON’T! OWN IT! It IS pretty and more importantly it’s you! Just because someone says spots look bad doesn’t mean they’re right!' sic
Hundreds of fans commented on her photo saying they were left inspired by her message. One fan said, 'I love this. I had perfect skin as a teenager. My spots started in my 20’s and the big cystic scaring ones occurred in my early thirties', whilst another said, 'i LOVE this photo @staceysolomon because I too am battling acne (again)'. sic
Stacey rose to fame back in 2009 after she took part in The X Factor and finished in third place in the year Joe McElderry won. Since The X Factor she has gone on to take part in a number of TV shows, including winning I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2010.
See where all the winners from The X Factor are now.
Steve Brookstein, series one, 2004
Things went downhill super quickly after the high of winning the first ever series of The X Factor, and Steve's still bitter… even now, 12 years later. He's written a book about it called Getting Over The X. Come on now Steve, perhaps you should give it a read.
These days he's more into childish rants on Twitter about, well, pretty much everything except making music. He did release an album in 2014, and just to show he's moved on he called it Forgotten Man. It didn't chart.
Shayne Ward, series two, 2005
It's easy to forget Corrie's Aidan Connor is actually; Shayne Ward from The X Factor in a disguise. Alright, that should be: in a new job. It's still weird. He's shamed his role and won Best Newcomer at the National Television Awards in January 2016. Fast work.
He's also been moving fast in his love life and is dating former Hollyoaks star Sophie Austin, after the couple's romance blossomed in 2016 following some Twitter flirting. Cute.
Leona Lewis, series three, 2006
You probably won't remember Leona Lewis as she hasn't done much since. Jokes. Leona's a superstar. A superstar that loves animals. A lot.
She loves dogs. She released a single with Diane Warren called We Are All (Looking For Home) in support of a dog charity. She loves cats. Well, she's starring in Cats on Broadway which is kind of the same thing. But she really loves horses. The star has featured in Horse and Hound in the past, too.
Leon Jackson, series four, 2007
Soulful Scotsman Leon Jackson clinched the Christmas Number One in 2007 but faded fast and was dropped by the label shortly after. Nowadays his most notable achievements are his abs. He's been hard at work. They're good abs. Well done Leon.
Alexandra Burke, series five, 2008
Alexandra Burke's winning single was a cover of Leonard Cohen's classic Hallelujah, which broke records on it's way to Number One. Hallelujah feels like a fitting introduction for the singer who's now taken the leading role of Deloris Van Cartier in Craig Revel-Horwood's new production of Sister Act in London's West End. She's still doing some shows of her own, is an ambassador for Slim Fast AND she took part in the 2017 series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Joe McElderry, series six, 2009
In 2009 it was Joe McElderry who won The X Factor but it wasn't him who won the Christmas Number One. It was the anti-X-Factor campaign who scored the top slot with Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name Of. Chin up Joe, you've done alright. You've even sung for the Queen. He has sung in a touring version of Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat and did charity cycle rides. Good lad.
Matt Cardle, series seven, 2010
The handsome one with the guitar, Matt Cardle is building up to releasing his fourth studio album called Higher Power. He's still looking hot, still playing gigs, and even joined YolanDa Brown on a few of her shows this year.
Scandal! In 2016 there was a massive lawsuit filed against none other than Ed Sheeran, claiming Sheeran's huge hit Photographs was a carbon copy of Cardle's Amazing. It turns out it was the songwriters who filed it, and Cardle's distanced himself… it looked murky and in 2017 Ed settled the £16million lawsuit.
Little Mix, series eight, 2011
Well, where to start with these ladies. Let's start with the music, cos that's what it's all about, right? The band are currently working on their fifth studio album and in 2018 they did their Summer Hits tour around the world.
James Arthur, series nine, 2012
James Arthur has had a rocky road since winning the show - like so many of the winners – but he did seem to bring it on himself. After dropping a very dodgy tune with homophobic tones, iTunes offered refunds on his debut album and Syco dropped him.
Then he released Say You Won't Let Go, Syco took him back and EVERYTHING changed. James is officially back, people.
Sam Bailey, series 10, 2013
Bexley's Sam Bailey hit the Christmas number one slot with her winning single Skyscraper and toured with Queen Bey in the UK leg of her The Mrs Carter Show World Tour. Then, in what seems like a natural next step for The X Factor winners, she took a role in a popular West End musical. In this case it was Chicago.
Ben Haenow, series 11, 2014
We can almost do this as a tickbox list now. Christmas number one: tick. Record breaking sales figures: no tick. Duet with big name real celeb: tick (it was Kelly Clarkson). Album released: tick. Didn't make top twenty: tick. Dropped by Syco: tick.
All that's left is the run in a West End show and a run at Butlins. Though he does seem delightfully loved-up with his dancer wife Jessica Jones.
Louisa Johnson, series 12, 2015
2015's winner Louisa has had mixed success…her dreadful single charted the lowest of all the winners' singles of all of the time, only managing number 12 in the Christmas singles chart. Cripes.
Her follow up Tears, with Clean Bandit, did much better by reaching number five, so it's swings and roundabouts. But we're not worried because a change of hair colour caused an Instagram storm in summer 2016 AND her two proper solo singles So Good and Best Behaviour have been bloody brilliant.
Matt Terry, series 13, 2016
Matt Terry's the show's latest winner, going on to release Ed Sheeran-penned winner's single When Christmas Comes Around. He then teamed up with Enrique Iglesias and actual Sean Paul on the Spanglish remix of Subeme La Radio before releasing his proper debut single Sucker for You.
Oh, and he made an appearance on Celebrity First Dates in support of Stand Up To Cancer.
Rak-Su, series 14, 2017
Rak-Su beat Grace Davies in an epic final showdown on last year's X Factor. This summer the Rak-Su boys have been performing up and down the country on the festival circuit and have just released a new banger of a single called Pyro Ting.
Dalton Harris, series 15, 2018
Louis Tomlinson's lad Dalton Harris beat Scarlett Lee to the 2018 crown and released a duet with James Arthur; a cover of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's The Power of Love.
In 2016 she appeared on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Extra Camp alongside her boyfriend Joe Swash, who has been presenting the show since he won it in 2008. Earlier this year Stacey discussed the possibility of getting married, however she revealed that she would not be following one tradition if she ties the knot. Discussing her own surname on Loose Women, she said, "I think it’s a great name to take. I think he’d be lucky to be part of the Solomon brand!"
She even revealed that she would never take his surname, adding, "I love my name so much - I wouldn’t want to take his!"
But when Nadia suggested she took a double barrelled surname and become Stacey Swash-Solomon, Stacey burst out, "That's awful!"
WATCH: Stacey Solomon reveals that she will not be taking Joe Swash's surname if they marry
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