Unflattering bikini photos of Josie Gibson on the beach in June appear to have prompted the Big Brother star to lose weight.

Reality TV sweetheart Josie appeared on ITV's new lunchtime show Let's Do Lunch With Gino And Mel last week and looked sensational in a printed kaftan, her waist nipped in with a belt.

'I've given up drinking and it's marvellous,' says Josie, 26.

'Your skin's better, the whites of your eyes look better and you feel better.

'I'm a size 16 and I'm comfortable but want to tone up.'

Josie, who split from her Big Brother boyfriend John James Parton in March, has been everything from a size 24 to a size 10.

'I'm shaped like a Christmas tree and one of my boob's much bigger than the
other - so I'd only give myself four out of ten,' she tells us.

'I love my eyes, but I really have to work on my bottom half.'