Myleene Klass has revealed her iconic white bikini moment in I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! almost didn’t happen.
The 45-year-old appeared on the ITV reality show back in 2006 when her career was waning a bit after her band Hear-Say broke up.
Although she wasn’t crowned queen of the jungle – missing out to Busted singer Matt Willis – it turned Myleene into a household name.
And her success back then was down to the now infamous white bikini she wore on the show.
Her shower scenes wearing the white bikini have gone down in history as some of the most iconic moments on I’m A Celeb.
So much so that wearing a bikini in the I’m A Celeb shower is now dubbed ‘doing a Myleene’ and has been recreated by many a female celeb since.
But Myleene shared the white bikini which made her a star was a chance purchase on the way into the jungle.
She revealed she was told to buy something plain as the other patterned outfits she had packed might cause strobe on the TV.
The mum-of-three recalled: "I remember one of the show's producers looking at my bikinis in the hotel before I went to camp. One was covered in stripes and they said, ‘We’ll have to stop at the shops as that’s probably going to strobe on camera’.
"I ran into the shop en route to the jungle and asked the shop assistant for the plainest bikini she had. Best $40 I ever spent!"
The famous bikini was eventually auctioned off for charity – raising an impressive £7,500.
But Myleene joked: “I don’t know where it’s gone and I don’t want to think who’s got it!”
Since appearing on I’m A Celeb, Myleene has been able to add radio host, TV presenter, author, model and fashion designer to her CV.
Discussing the impact her appearance on I’m A Celeb had on her career, Myleene shared: "The offers following my bikini moment, from modelling to more, were just staggering.
"I’d say to any girl, ‘Go into the jungle’. It worked for me."
Myleene will make her return to I’m A Celeb in the All Stars legend series, which has been filmed in South Africa this time instead of Australia.
No doubt viewers will be hoping to catch a glimpse of Myleene in her famous white bikini.
In a cheeky nod to the outfit which made her a household name, Myleene posed in an identical bikini to celebrate turning 45 earlier this month.
It definitely didn’t look like 17 years had passed as she posed in the two-piece and a pair of Skechers trainers on a bike.
Captioning the snap, Myleene told her 424,000 Instagram followers: “45 be like...”
She added: “Thank you for all your lovely HBD messages, for your support and love. Here’s to the next 45 years my friends. I’m off for a bike ride, a swim and some cake!”
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