Catherine McNeil risks an Instagram ban as she poses topless on the beach

Catherine ‘Cat’ McNeil ushered in the new year with an X-rated happy snap on Sunday.

Risking an Instagram ban, the Australian supermodel, 33, exposed her bare breasts while posing in nothing more than a black bikini bottom and chain necklace.

Kneeling provocatively on the sand, the Sunshine Coast beauty waved her arms wildly and closed her eyes in a moment of apparent euphoria.

Australian supermodel Catherine ‘Cat’ McNeil, 33, ringed in the new year by sharing this topless photo on the beach on Sunday. Daily Mail Australia has censored the image

‘Happy New Year to the world!’ she wrote Vogue cover model in the caption of her photo.

“Live, love, laugh. Let’s unite and be free,” he added.

Cat’s fans were quick to praise her bold image, with one writing: ‘Happy New Year, girl. May everything shine around you.

‘Happy New Year to the world! Live, love, laugh: let’s unite and be free,’ she wrote in the caption of her photo.

‘Live it up, home girl!’ added another.

Meanwhile, Cat’s fiancé, former NBA player Miles Plumlee, posed for a series of celebratory emojis.

It comes after Cat returned to modeling after taking three years off to focus on her mental health.

It comes after Cat returned to modeling after taking three years off to focus on her mental health.

In November, the supermodel landed her first cover of Australian Fashion in eight years and stated that her return to the runway will be “different” now that she is “sober, committed and has found her identity outside of fashion”.

“I feel like a completely different person than I did three years ago,” he explained in an interview with the publication.

‘I’ve grown a lot and getting sober, that’s changed things by leaps and bounds.

In November, the supermodel landed her first Vogue Australia cover in eight years, declaring her return to the runway will be “different” now that she is “sober, committed and has found her identity outside of fashion.”

McNeil (right) with model Daisy Lowe at the height of her modeling fame, appearing in the famous Pirelli Calendar in 2010

“I’m always pushing myself and I think that’s what kept my career going for 20 years, and I hope it will continue like that in 30 or 40 years,” he continued.

‘I love myself again. And that is something big and important.

Born and raised south of Brisbane in Loganholme, McNeil first rose to fame in 2007 when she graced the cover of French and Australian Vogue and reprized campaigns for Versace, D&G, Jean Paul Gaultier and Donna Karan.

Catherine made her international runway return in Milan, stepping out for Versace’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation in September.

One of the few models in demand for both editorial shoots and the runway, she also appeared in many high-profile shows during the 2007 season, including Balenciaga, Givenchy, Dior, Fendi, and YSL.

Off-camera, McNeil had a brief but headline-grabbing engagement to Ruby Rose in 2010, however the couple split before the wedding.

Cat announced her engagement to Miles Plumlee in June.

The model became engaged to former NBA player Miles Plumlee (right) in June after the couple moved into a new home on the Sunshine Coast.