EMILY: I’M PROUD TO SHOW OFF MY BODY
Jungle princess defends saucy snaps
JUNGLE runner-up Emily Atack says she is now fed up of being typecast for getting her kit off.
The Inbetweeners star stripped off for a series of sexy shoots early in her career.
But she says she is typecast because of her willingness to pose for the cameras – as well as playing sexpot Charlotte “Big Jugs” Hinchcliffe in the hit TV comedy.
“I have played very glamorous roles and I have done lad mags,” the 28-year-old said.
“People come up with an idea of what they think you are going to be like, which is unfortunate.
“I don’t think women who pose in their underwear should be pigeon-holed in that way. If you want to
pose in your pants, do it. I wanted to show there was more to me than hair and make-up and posing.
“The Jungle was the perfect way to show I have got a lot of junk in the trunk.
“I have got frizzly hair and freckly skin and I am not afraid to show that.
“I can just be who I am and let it all hang out a bit.”
Emily is set for her first ever stand-up stage tour on the back of her I’m A Celebrity success.
Dates have been selling out quickly thanks to her newfound high profile.
And she said:
“I feel now being a single 28-year-old woman is the most powerful position you can be in.
“I used to think before this it was quite a vulnerable position to be in and now, f*** that, I am feeling the strongest I have ever felt in my whole life.
“I feel so happy to be single – and so happy to think about what could come my way now with everything in my life.
“I feel like a strong independent woman.
“I survived in a jungle, I can survive anything and I can do anything on my own now.
“Apart from probably pass my driving test.”
And newly-confident Emily added of her show: “I am going to try a few impressions in there – but I am still working on them.”