'We've got cellulite - so what?'

Loose Women proudly strip off for an unairbrushed underwear shoot that proudly flaunts their ‘stretch marks, cellulite and scars’

THESE ladies are on a mission to get women, no matter what shape, age or size, to talk about - and celebrate - their bodies.

And to kick off Loose Women's Body Stories campaign, they've stripped off for an exclusive, non-retouched photo shoot with rocker-turned-photographer Bryan Adams.

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The Loose Women strip off and bare all to launch their Body Stories campaignCredit: Bryan Adams

Here, Stacey Solomon, Nadia Sawalha, Saira Khan and Andrea McLean reveal how they have all learned to love their looks.

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Stacey Solomon: "I get skinny-shamed all the time"

Stacey Solomon has revealed her body hang-ups for the Loose Women campaignCredit: Getty Images

Stacey Solomon, 27, is mum to Zachary, nine, and Leighton, four, and has been with her partner TV presenter Joe Swash, 35, since 2015. She says: 

"While I’ve been the same weight most of my life, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have some body hang-ups.

"At 27, I’m the only one of my friends with saggy, breastfeeding boobs, as they haven’t had kids yet.

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"But in reality, everyone has something they don’t like. I’ve also got stretch marks and I remember once thinking my ankles were too skinny after someone told me I needed to put on weight. I tried to laugh it off, but subconsciously those comments make you think about yourself in a not very nice way.

Stacey as a youngsterCredit: Planet

"It wasn’t the first time someone had mentioned my body shape and I don’t think people realise there’s a real stigma against slim people. I always get comments like: ‘You need to eat more,’ or ‘You’re so skinny, you don’t look well.'

"They think it can’t be hurtful because they’re not calling me fat, but those words stick and I wonder if I do look unhealthy.

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"When I’ve had discussions about it on Loose Women, some say: ‘Poor you with your skinny problems,’ but I don’t think there’s a difference between being told you look terrible for being too skinny or too big. Neither is acceptable.

Stacey with boyfriend Joe Swash and sons Zachary and LeightonCredit: Instagram

"When I was a kid, I never worried about the way I looked as I was too busy having fun. I feel fortunate that I didn’t have the worries of social media growing up.

"These days, when I scroll through or , I see loads of perfect-looking people.

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"I can recognise that it’s most likely down to Botox and surgery, but I worry many young girls can’t.

"That’s why when I do photo shoots, I get angry if there’s a lot of airbrushing. I feel a responsibility to be honest about who I am and say: ‘Sod it, these are my wobbly little muffin tops and I don’t particularly like them, but they are part of me and I’m proud of them.’

"I’ve never been on fad diets, I’ve got a healthy BMI and I remind myself that I have this body because I’m a mum and I wouldn’t change that.

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"Joe says I’m perfect as I am, and thank god because I like to be hairy and make-up-free most of the time! Women need to remember that ‘flaws’ are what make you, you.

";So stop obsessing over them, and start loving yourself – there’s nothing more attractive than being happy with who you are.”

Saira Khan: "Child abuse left me ashamed of my curves"

Saira used to be ashamed of her curvesCredit: Bryan Adams
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Saira Khan, 46, is mum to Zachariah, nine, and Amara, six, and is married to business development director Steve Hyde, 52. She says:

“Growing up as a Muslim girl in Derbyshire had its difficulties.

"Because of my culture, I was taught from a young age that you should never draw attention to your body, and I was expected to wear conservative clothing like the rest of my family.

"I envied how friends were allowed to wear skirts in the summer. I longed to be more like them and never understood why I had to hide my body, as I wasn’t ashamed of it.

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Saira always covered up when she was youngerCredit: FABULOUS

"Every morning, once I left for school, I’d hitch my skirt up a little. I got away with it for years before my dad caught me on the walk home when I was 13 and I got a big telling off.

"He said I was being sent to school for an education, not a fashion show, and from that day on made me wear a long skirt to school.

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"But it was an incident later that year that really impacted my relationship with my body. One day when I was in my room doing homework, my uncle came in to say hi.

A younger Saira (L) and how she looks today (R)Credit: FABULOUS

"Then the unthinkable happened – he molested me. I felt his hands go up my top and undo my bra. Then he started touching me. I thought if I didn’t acknowledge what was happening, it would stop.

"That one-off incident left me reeling. My parents taught me that if my body was covered I’d be respected, but I wasn’t.

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"I felt like they had lied to me and everything I knew was smashed to smithereens in an instant. I became incredibly self-conscious about my figure, hiding my growing curves in baggy jumpers.

Hubby Steve counselled her to love herself againCredit: FLYNET

"I carried those insecurities with me for most of the next two decades. At university, when boys whistled at me, I’d think they were joking or looking at someone else.

"When I did get a boyfriend, being intimate was difficult because I hated getting undressed in front of anyone.

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"It wasn’t until I met my husband Steve in 2002 that I opened up about what had happened to me – first to him and then my mum and brothers.

"This was only after my uncle had died. I later spoke about it on Loose Women last year.

"Over the years, Steve counselled me through it by encouraging me to love myself again.

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"And it worked – I stopped hiding my body. Clothes are important and I don’t agree with covering myself up.

"When I look in the mirror I’m happy with what I see and am at peace with myself.”

Nadia Sawalha: "Overeaters anonymous was my lifeline"

Nadia says the pressure to look good used to be horrendousCredit: BRYAN ADAMS

Nadia Sawalha, 52, is mum to Maddie, 14, and nine-year-old Kiki-Bee, and has been married for 15 years to her TV producer Mark Adderley, 45. She says:

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