Toyah Willcox, 55, shows off her stunning figure in hot pink swimsuit for Splash!
Curvaceous and toned, she looks confident in her hot pink swimsuit.
But Toyah Willcox has confessed she feels anything but and the thought of flashing her flesh in a bathing costume or bikini terrifies her more than completing her dive from the three metre board this Saturday.
For unlike many of the celebrity contestants who appear on reality ITV programme Splash! Miss Willcox, 55, has diving experience – what she appears never to have done before is wear a swimsuit in public – and it is giving her nightmares.
Describing her thoughts on her figure, the actress and singer, who underwent a facelift around ten years ago, and said she does not ‘do beach holidays’ said: ‘I’m very short, naturally muscular and I’m 55. The only thing that’s going to make me look like Cher is the amount of surgery she’s had and I’m not going to do that’
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The next group of celebrities are putting in their final preparations ahead of the second episode of Luton-based diving show, Splash!
Toyah Willcox, Boyzone star Keith Duffy, TV presenter Anna Williamson, rugby star Martin Offiah and TV personality Paul Ross will be facing their fears under the watchful eye of Olympian Tom Daley.
The series opener on Saturday saw Diversity star Perri Kiely and Michaela Strachan sail through to the semi-finals of the programme with impressive efforts. The dive of the show went to Perri, who completed a backward somersault from the 10 metre board.
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Splash!: ITV: Saturday 11th January: 7.00pm
Splash!: ITV: Sunday 12th January: 2.20pm (Repeat of Saturday’s show)
Vernon Kay and Gabby Logan host the second round of the celebrity diving contest, which sees Boyzone’s Keith Duffy, presenters Paul Ross and Anna Williamson, singer Toyah Willcox and former England rugby player Martin Offiah vying for the next two semi-final places, under the tutelage of Tom Daley. The scores are awarded by judges Andy Banks, Jo Brand and Leon Taylor as well as the voting public – and while the bottom two are eliminated immediately and the highest-scorer gets an automatic semi-final place, the other two are forced to dive again in the all-important Splash Off. Who will join last week’s successful contestants Perri Kiely and Michaela Strachan in the next stage of the competition? (Also airing on ITV +1 and HD)
It was announced at the weekend that Toyah is appearing in the second round of the new series of ITV’s hugely popular Splash!. She will dive this Saturday on the show which airs from 7pm.
There has already been a lot of press about this: Digital Spy: Tom Daley’s Splash!: Meet the five stars taking the plunge in heat two, Female First: Splash heat two contestants pictures revealed, Telly Mix: PICTURES! Splash! 2014 line up: Celebs taking part in second heat!, Luton on Sunday: See the next group of contestants who preparing to dive into Splash! View more info on this second series of Splash! here. (Photo © ITV)
