Oti Mabuse has revealed she still has her Strictly moves as she danced in a bikini while holidaying with her husband Marius Lepure.
The former Dancing On Ice judge, 34, showed off her incredible figure in the beachwear as she shook her hips and danced to the music.
Oti is away with her husband, 41, and their baby daughter, whose name isn’t publicly known, and looked to be having a fun-filled time away.
The professional dancer was wearing a striped bikini and a black mini skirt and went make-up free while wearing her braided hair tied back.
Oti joined Strictly in 2015 and won the show twice before stepping down in 2022.
Earlier this year, Oti opened up about having a ‘toxic’ relationship with her body image after spending her career as a professional dancer.
Oti Mabuse has revealed she still has her Strictly moves as she danced in a bikini while holidaying with her husband Marius Lepure
The former Dancing On Ice judge, 34, showed off her incredible figure in the beachwear as she shook her hips and danced to the music
Oti admitted it has been a ‘continuing journey’ to rebuild a healthy relationship with body.
Oti said part of the journey is accepting that she no longer has a dancer’s body after going through ‘ups and downs’ and welcoming her baby daughter.
Speaking to Prima magazine, Oti discussed her body image struggles, how she has adjusted to motherhood and a possible return to Strictly Come Dancing.
Detailing her early thoughts as a child about her body, Oti said: ‘Growing up, I always thought that the people who did the best (in dancing) were the thinnest, and you always felt like, “If I need to be successful, I need to look like that.” And I think it’s not just Latin and ballroom dancers, it’s across the board.
‘All dancers, we always feel like that. And so we then have this very toxic relationship with our bodies, and even when you walk into the room, and if you’ve lost weight, they go, “Oh my gosh, she looks so good.”
‘And it’s like, “Wait, do I look good because I’m small, or do I just look good in general?” Words hold power over a lot of us as women. So it’s trying to rebuild that relationship and it’s a continuing journey.
‘It will be every day, I guess, for the rest of my life, that I’ll just have to work on that relationship, and hopefully by talking about it, it’s going to create more of a conversation around the fact that we need to build our relationship with our bodies in a very healthy way.’
Despite her previous struggles, Oti revealed she has now found peace with her body, telling the publication: ‘I’m now coming into the world as a human being who used to dance, not as a dancer. I still dance, but I’m a person first, before the dancer.’
The professional dancer was wearing a striped bikini and a black mini skirt and went make-up free while wearing her braided hair tied back
It comes after Oti discussed how dancer’s are often judged on ‘how small they are’ (pictured in 2016)
She continued: ‘My body has had its ups and downs; the gaining of the weight, the losing of the weight, having the baby. It’s been such a rollercoaster, but I think it’s normal to experience that as a woman. Yes, there are some moments where I feel, “Oh my gosh, I’m not happy with what I look like,”…
‘And then I have to say to myself in the mirror “No, you are good. You are perfect. You have had a baby, you’ve had a human being come out of you. It’s okay to not look perfect, as long as you move, as long as you’re trying to be healthy.’
Oti’s time on Strictly was hugely successful and she walked away a two-time champion following successive wins with Kelvin Fletcher and Bill Bailey.
Reflecting on her time on the show, she said: ‘When I look back on Strictly, I think the whole seven-year journey was amazing. I still work on the show. I still do choreography, I’m still talking to the producers.
‘I say that the show brought me everything, like me sitting here today, and the relationship still very much continues. There were ups, there were downs; if you can imagine being the first Black anything, anywhere, there will always be ups and downs.’
Oti’s time on Strictly was hugely successful and she walked away a two-time champion following successive wins with Kelvin Fletcher and Bill Bailey
She is married to fellow professional dancer Marius Iepure, who she shares a little girl whose name is unknown, after giving birth in November 2023
Oti confessed she is regularly asked whether she would ever return to the show and she teased that is a case of ‘never say never’
She said: ‘Everyone asks me [if I’d return to Strictly]. I think right now, with a daughter and everything I’m doing, I’m quite busy, and I’m happy with what I’m doing at the minute. But never say never. The doors are always open, which is really, really nice.
‘Aljaž [Škorjanec] went back and he’s doing really well. I went back to choreograph with him and he’s just in a different space. He’s absolutely sensational. So, you never know.’
Oti is married to fellow professional dancer Marius, who she shares a little girl whose name is unknown, after giving birth in November 2023.
