What a stunner: Denise Welch shows off her bikini body in tiny red two-piece

SHE famously lost pounds after undertaking a strict diet and Denise Welch has been showing off the fruits of her labour.

Denise Welch shows off her bikini body in tiny red two-pieceTWITTER

Denise Welch flaunted her bikini body in tiny red two-piece

The 56-year-old beauty shared a picture of herself in a red bikini, posing next to a plan tree abroad.

Pasty white and me boots on but I'm happy

Clearly enjoying the sunshine in warmer climes, the beauty looked fabulous in her two-piece swimsuit.

She tweeted the picture, saying: "It's SUNNY!! Pasty white and me boots on but I'm happy!! @SadiePickering @lighterlife @octagontheatre xx"

Denise tagged LighterLife in her tweet, something she's credited with helping her drop the pounds in the past.

But back in December her LighterLife advert was banned when a watchdog said her two stone weight loss in as many months was too fast.

It make a change to see the star out of her winter warmersWENN

It make a change to see the star out of her winter warmers

The LighterLife social media page published before and after images of the actress, with the caption: "Denise lost two stone in just two months."

The company said Welch had lost more than 2lb (around 900g) a week while on their programme.

But the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said a rate of weight loss greater than 2lb a week was "unlikely to be compatible with good medical and nutritional practice" and ruled that the advert could not appear in its current form.

Denise looked like she'd put the drama behind her and posed confidently by a stone-built wall in her sunglasses.

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