Chantelle Houghton wows in a skimpy red bikini as she soaks up the sun in Tenerife after five stone weight loss

Chantelle Houghton looked sensational as she showed off her impressive physique while soaking up the sun in Tenerife this weekend.

The former Celebrity Big Brother star, 41, stunned in a skimpy red bikini as she showed off her slimmed-down frame following her weight loss last year.

The star previously revealed she has lost ‘almost 5 stone’ after overhauling her diet and exercise routine in 2021 after gaining 13 stone.

Chantelle took a dip in the pool and looked relaxed as she escaped the British weather and lounged in the hotel pool to catch some winter sun.

The mother-of-one previously revealed she used to be called a ‘beach whale’ but is still being ‘abused’ by trolls as they claim she ‘has an eating disorder’ after losing weight.

The former Celebrity Big Brother star, 41, looked sensational as she showed off her impressive physique

Speaking on Vicky Pattison: The Secret To podcast in January, the reality star said: ‘I didn’t care what people thought about my weight.

‘The one thing I noticed was that I was a little bit aware of my stomach and when people said, “Oh, she’s pregnant,” that was probably the only time it bothered me.

‘I lost almost a fifth of weight, but when I was heavier people said, “She’s like a beach whale”, but when I lost weight everyone said, “She’s sick and has an eating problem.”

‘You will always face abuse and you will never stop people from having negative opinions. As long as I’m happy with myself it doesn’t matter to me.’

Chantelle became a household name with her unlikely entrance into the Celebrity Big Brother house via the completely fictional girl band Kandy Floss.

But fame came at a price, and Chantelle has admitted that life in the spotlight had a damaging impact on her mental health.

‘I’ve been through a terrible time. I was abused for a long, long time,” she told The Sun.

‘I lost myself in a lot of misery and little by little I’m getting myself back and enjoying being the person I always was.’

The star previously revealed she has lost ‘almost 5 stone’ after overhauling her diet and exercise routine in 2021 after gaining 13 stone

Chantelle took a dip in the pool and looked relaxed as she escaped the British weather and lounged in the hotel pool to catch some winter sun.

She looked incredible as she lay in the shallow end of the pool

Chantelle jetted to Tenerife for some winter sun wearing the skimpy two-piece

The mother-of-one previously revealed she used to be called a ‘beach whale’

However, she admitted she is now still being ‘abused’ by trolls as they claim she ‘has an eating disorder’ after losing weight

She let her dark brown locks fall over her shoulders as she got wet in the water

To cool off she took a dip in the pool

The former bank teller previously explained that her weight was also affected, with fans often baffled by her fluctuating body shape.

“I didn’t eat, or ate only when I was hungry,” she recalled. “And when I was hungry, I ate whatever I could get my hands on. I would stop at McDonald’s or get a bag of chips or a bag of chips.”

Last year, Chantelle, a strict vegan, said she is now in the shape of her life after losing five stone thanks to a sugar-free diet.

Last month, Chantelle showed off her 12-year-old daughter Dolly for the first time in almost a year as she shared sweet new snaps on her Instagram.

The mother was seen putting a loving arm around her girl’s shoulder as they headed to a Halloween event at Hamley’s toy store in London.

And her mini-me Dolly, who Chantelle shares with her ex-fiancé Alex Reid, clearly followed in her mum’s stylish footsteps as she wore a stylish gray outfit for the fun day out with her mum.

Chantelle, who shot to fame in 2006 as the first non-celebrity to win Celebrity Big Brother, has rarely shown Dolly’s face publicly since she was a young child.

Speaking on Vicky Pattison: The Secret To podcast in January, the reality star said: ‘I didn’t care what people thought about my weight’

She added: ‘The one thing that got to me was that I was a bit conscious of my stomach and when people said ‘oh, she’s pregnant’ that was probably the only time it bothered me’

‘I lost almost a fifth of weight, but when I was heavier people said, “She’s like a beach whale,” but when I lost weight everyone said, “She’s sick and has an eating problem.”

Chantelle was floating in the pool

Last year Chantelle, a strict vegan, said she is now in the shape of her life after losing five stone thanks to a sugar-free diet

Chantelle became a household name with her unlikely entrance into the Celebrity Big Brother house via the completely fictional girl band Kandy Floss

Chantelle has admitted that life in the spotlight has had a damaging impact on her mental health

These days, Chantelle keeps her daughter relatively out of the spotlight now that she’s older, with the star’s last image of Dolly on the grid being part of a video montage in December as she waved goodbye to 2023.

Chantelle was previously engaged to Dolly’s dad and Katie Price’s ex Alex, 49, in 2011, but their relationship ended after he claimed he had been unfaithful to other men and turned their home into a sex dungeon in 2011.

Alex and Chantelle have been far from amicable since their split, but have since moved on with their lives when Alex had children with partner Nikki Manashe.

While Chantelle is a devoted single mother to Dolly following her split from fiancé Michael Strut in 2021.