Model and businesswoman Liz Hurley, said that she was done with modelling bikinis not so long ago, but now at 42-years-of-age, she is once again being photographed looking stunning in swimwear.

She is launching her own series of swimwear designs for Mango and in an interview with the Sunday Times magazine said “shooting bikinis is now my life”.  She added “I can’t think of anything worse in the world than another bikini shoot - and I’ve got two next month.  It’s unbearable and I bring it all on myself.  I’ve got nobody else to blame.”

However, she did reveal that she relies on “nice photographers” and a little digital enhancement.  She admitted “I like a certain amount of retouching like anybody.”

There may be a little airbrushing involved but as the model confessed “I don’t feel comfortable doing that any more.  As the years go by you do feel less confident about your body.”

Ms. Hurley is not afraid of strict dieting when she needs to lose a few pounds quickly and confessed to the punishing regime she put herself under following the birth of her son Damien, 6-years-old.  “I did it by eating very little breakfast and not too much lunch.  And only boring snacks such as a banana or six raisins.  The only meal I have is dinner” she said.

Within three months of Damien’s birth she had lost four stone and was back into her skinny jeans.