Malin Andersson proudly poses in a glittering grey bikini in the rain as she lauds ‘natural beauty’ after detailing her six-year eating disorder battle

Malin Andersson posed proudly in a gray glittering bikini for new Instagram photos taken in the rain on Thursday.

The former Love Island star, 31, looked happy and confident in the two-piece as she wrote about embracing 'natural beauty'.

Posing in a forest on a balcony, Malin showed off several tattoos on her body as she enjoyed a moment of release.

She wrote: 'For me, beauty is natural, if you are naturally yourself… then you are beautiful.'

The influencer has been open about her struggles with her six-year battle with eating disorders in the past, sharing a photo of herself at the age of 18 when she weighed just eight stone.

Malin Andersson stood confidently in a gray glittering bikini as she posed for Instagram photos in the rain up a storm on Thursday

The former Love Island star, 31, posed from different angles as she showed off how far she has come

She wrote: 'I came across this while going through my old photos. In this photo I am 18, weigh about 8 stone and have not eaten. That pretty much sums it up.

“As you can see, I'm dead behind my eyes, and the only joy that came my way was my growling stomach, that control over the pounds that dropped every day.

'These were the days when I wanted to start modeling and got lost in beauty pageants. These were also the days when Malin no longer existed and my soul did not shine.

“You see, I've talked about my eating disorders, laxative abuse, calorie counting, etc., but the binge eating I felt was the worst for me. It was a vicious circle of:

“Malin goes shopping, buys a bunch of junk food that she's been depriving herself of, sneaks into her bedroom, stuffs her face until she feels sick and then goes straight to the toilet to throw it up and get it out of her system.

Malin then weighs herself to make sure everything is okay. She then feels guilt, shame and lack of awareness of the life around her.

'Malin feels depressed, goes to sleep hungry and wakes up wanting to do it all again. This. Used to be. Mine. To live.'

In August this year, Malin was rushed to hospital due to a flare-up of her irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

While posing in a forest on a balcony, Malin showed off her various tattoos on her body and wrote: 'For me beauty is natural, if you are naturally yourself… then you are beautiful'

She wrote: 'For me, beauty is natural, if you are naturally yourself… then you are beautiful.'

The influencer has been open about her struggles with her six-year battle with eating disorders in the past, sharing a photo of herself at the age of 18 when she weighed just eight stone

She said: 'I developed IBS in my teens, after struggling with my self-image I abused laxatives to clear my body.

'I remember waking up every day with terrible cramps and having to go to the toilet just to 'look skinny and feel skinnier.'

Malin has been focusing on her health and “internal healing” in 2023, after welcoming her daughter Xaya in January 2022.

She has since embarked on a healthy lifestyle and Malin has spoken out about the brutal trolling she received on Instagram following her recent weight loss, despite being clear she needed to do it in a healthy way and feeling better than ever.

The former Love Island star recalled that she has 'never known anything like this' since making a healthy lifestyle change.

Her first daughter Consy was born seven weeks prematurely in December 2018 and was treated at London's Great Ormond Street hospital, but sadly died on January 22, 2019.