Roxy Horner in Bathing Suit Was in "Coachella"

Roxy Horner has been a model since she was a teenager. Her career first made waves at 17, when she appeared in British Vogue. Now, the 31-year-old recently went to the music festival Coachella, and shared highlights of her experience on Instagram. In them, she wore a red swimsuit top, looking stunning. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Roxy Horner stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Faced Her Fears

Horner likes to try new things, and face her fears. One thing she decided to do is swim with sharks. She shared this video on Instagram of her experience. “They say start your year how you intend to finish it, and for me that was facing my FEARS 😂,” she writes in the caption. “This was my first reaction to ever getting in the sea with sharks, so please don’t judge me. 🥹 Let me tell you, they are totally harmless, beautiful creatures and I am just a wuss to the unknown. The most incredible mind blowing experience, as I’m sure some people already know… Next time I will be braver. If anyone is looking to have an out of this world experience like this I would highly recommend @anantaraveli.”

2. She Sought Help

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In 2021, Horner was diagnosed with diabetes. She opened up about this to Marie Claire. Horner says that she decided to seek medical help after not feeling well. “I had been speaking to the doctors about how unwell I had been feeling. I remember a specific phone call I made to my doctor before I ended up in hospital. I was in bed for days crying just feeling awful and not knowing why, I just felt like I was going to die. I ended up taking myself to A&E in the end which is where I was diagnosed.”

3. She Reduces Stress

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Horner tells Marie Claire that she is working on reducing the amount of stress in her life, in order to help with her health. “I’ve since found out that stress can make diabetes so much worse, and feel that was definitely a contributing factor. It also seemed to be taking a massive toll on my mental health which seemed then to be taking a toll on physical health - I can’t tell you which one came first. Either way, I sometimes blame myself for not speaking up enough when I needed peace and quiet, for not always putting my health first. I’m trying to also learn to manage my stress levels now as well as my diabetes, as they often go hand in hand.”

4. She Wants To Help Others

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Horner tells Marie Claire that she wanted to reveal her diabetes diagnosis to help others feel heard and to spread awareness. “It’s not even been six months since my diagnosis and I’m already seeing things a lot more positively now. One thing I know is that I refuse to let this effect my future negatively, I hope by speaking about it, that will help others know they’re not alone.”

5. She Isn’t Hard On Herself

In her Marie Claire interview, Horner was asked what advice she’d give those who have diabetes. “Don’t be too hard on yourself, you’re doing the best you can,” she answered. “If you can learn your carb to insulin ratio that will really help you. Take all the help that is offered to you and most importantly, rest when you need to rest. When I finally got the guts to take myself to hospital, I was only in there for a few days before I discharged myself too soon. I should have stayed longer and rested as the nurses told me to but instead I discharged myself and went straight to an awards ceremony that same day (very silly of me). I was desperately trying to live my life as normal and didn’t want to let people down but I ended up back in hospital that same night because I didn’t know what I was doing. The first few months were really scary and that’s why I didn’t want to talk about it back then, I wanted to wait until I fully understood it myself and I wanted to wait until I had control.”

Rose Ayling-Ellis, the EastEnders star and winner of 2021’s Strictly Come Dancing (not to mention its first deaf contestant), knows how to relax. She and a group of TV personality pals— Sara Davies, John Whaite, Rhys Stephenson, Maisie Smith and Tilly Ramsay—visited the luxury Skuna Boats at West India Quay dock in London, and documented their time on Instagram—”on the hot tub boat,” as they captioned one image. How does she stay so together? Read on to see 5 ways Rose Ayling-Ellis stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Hits the Spa

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The spa boat is not the first time Ayling-Ellis has been pampered. "Just what I needed," she captioned another post after winning Strictly, at a spa. Consider getting a massage yourself. “​​Massage is generally considered part of integrative medicine,” says the Mayo Clinic. “Medical centers are offering it more and more as a treatment along with standard treatment. It may be used for a wide range of medical conditions.

Studies of massage benefits have found massage can:

• Help reduce stress
• Lessen pain and muscle tension
• Increase relaxation
• Improve immune function.”

2. She Has Weight Trained, Sort Of

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In order to stay in shape for Strictly, Ayling-Ellis had to exercise. "Pre-show warm-up is very important," wrote one of the show’s producers, sharing an image of her dance partner, Giovanni Pernice, holding her up high. "Even our weights are glamorous," he joked. "I'm just a human weight,” Ayling-Ellis added, when reporting the image.

3. Her Dancing Was Cardio

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“It’s a lot of jumping off the ground, I’m going to be so out of breath!” she told the Guardian about Strictly. High intensity workouts like that are great for you. Rapid-fire workouts supercharge your body in countless ways. Unlike doing “steady-state” cardio, in which you head out for a leisurely jog or casually climb a Stairmaster, high-intense workouts ignite your body’s stress response. Everything from your blood pressure to your heart rate spikes. Your immune system and central nervous system kick into high gear. You start inhaling more and more oxygen to spread to your cells. Blood starts flowing to your muscles and your body instantly start burning up all of that glucose in your blood—meaning you’ll stave off weight-gain and bring your endocrine system back into the balance. Physically speaking, it’s the closest thing you can do to running into a phone booth and emerging afterwards with a cape and giant “S” on your chest.

4. She May Have Been Able to Feel the Music

“How is it possible that a person who is deaf can dance to music they can’t actually hear? To learn how to dance, the brain views the actions of others moving to music and combines this with careful counting,” write researchers Helen E. Nuttall and Kate Slade about Ayling-Ellis. “Many people without hearing loss also do this when learning a dance – the steps are taught to beats or counts, which are then practised before being put to music. For someone with hearing loss, while the appreciation of the music differs, the learning through observation and counting is similar. In addition, the tactile information provided through music is very helpful for people with hearing loss. Instead of listening to music, a person who is deaf may feel the music, literally sensing the vibrations through their body.”

5. The Pandemic Has Been Hard

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Ayling-Ellis is used to reading lips. Now: "Everyone is wearing masks, everyone is social distanced. So, before people wouldn't wear their masks and they would come up close to me so I can see their face and lip read. But now everyone is wearing masks and staying well away, so I can't understand everyone. So it's quite hard.” During filming of Strictly, “luckily everyone here is very, very nice, and they adapt to what I need. I have an interpreter with me at all times, so they translate anything. But sometimes when she's not there, the cast take their masks off and keep their distance from me….And now they're picking up signing and learning some bits. They're becoming a bit more dextrous, more expression. And that's really, really helped a lot. Everyone is really nice and opened minded and trying their hardest. It helps a lot.”