Southern Charm's Olivia Flowers Shares Swimsuit Selfie

Olivia Flowers is celebrating a friend’s birthday – in her swimsuit. In a new social media post the Southern Charm beauty wishes her pal and costar, Venita Aspen, well wishes on her special day. “HBD to the best dressed @VENITAASPEN. Hoping our many clumsy moments make it to the screen this season. Grateful for you,” she captioned the Instagram Story. How does the reality star keep herself in amazing shape? Celebwell rounded up her top lifestyle habits.

1. Tennis

Olivia loves playing tennis. Here she is on the court with Shep. According to ACE Fitness it blends together cardio and aerobic exercise, as there is a lot of running around, and hand-eye coordination. "While tennis provides numerous health benefits—improved aerobic fitness and anaerobic endurance, muscular fitness (grip strength and endurance), flexibility, multiple skill parameters (balance, speed, agility and quickness), reactivity, and power—it also is psychologically demanding," they say.

2. Wine

Olivia is a wine drinker. She recently took a trip to wine country where she enjoyed the sips and sights. “You had me at merlot… and Napa. Definitely had me at Napa. Beautiful time, wine, food & company,” she captioned his photo. While excess drinking is never a good thing, the occasional glass of wine boasts cardiovascular benefits. “Red wine, in moderation, has long been thought of as heart healthy,” says the Mayo Clinic. “The alcohol and certain substances in red wine called antioxidants may help prevent coronary artery disease, the condition that leads to heart attacks.”

3. Hiking

Olivia loves hiking. “Hiking is one of the best ways to get exercise. No matter what type of trail you find yourself on, hiking is a great whole-body workout—from head to toe and everything in between,” says the National Parks Service. Some of the physical benefits include building stronger muscles and bones, improving your sense of balance, improving your heart health, and decreasing the risk of certain respiratory problems. It also offers many mental health benefits, according to a Stanford University study.

4. Skateboarding

Olivia is also into kateboarding. You can often find her rolling around on her skateboard on social media. “Who you calling squid?” she captioned this snap.

5. Golf

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Olivia is a golfer. “For those asking for my handicap,” she captioned an Instagram Story. A comprehensive review published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that golf's health benefits are extensive, including mind, body, and even lifespan. Benefits include improved longevity, decreased risk of developing heart disease or suffering a stroke, good mental health, and improved strength and balance.

6. Green Juice

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Olivia might indulge in junk food, but she makes sure to get her greens with green juice “Don’t let the green drink fool you...I like long romantic walks down every chip aisle,” she captioned this image of her nutrient-dense drink.

Olivia Flowers, who debuted in the eighth season of Bravo’s reality series Southern Charm, showed off her own charm in a new Instagram post of herself in a bikini with the caption, “Stay close to people who feel like sunshine.” The native of Charleston, South Carolina, has broken out as a fan favorite on the show. Flowers, 30, was working as a production assistant in Los Angeles before the pandemic hit, then moved back to her hometown to stay with her parents before being cast in Southern Charm. Read on to see how Olivia Flowers 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 Rides a Skateboard

Flowers posted an Instagram movie of her riding — and sometimes falling off — a skateboard. Beyond being fun, skateboarding relieves stress and improves mental health, according to a recent study by the University of Southern California.

2. She Drinks Red Wine

Flowers posted pics of her visits to California’s wine country in Napa, with the caption, “You had me at merlot… and Napa. Definitely had me at Napa. Beautiful time, wine, food & company.” Antioxidants in red wine called polyphenols may help protect the lining of blood vessels in the heart, according to the Mayo Clinic.

3. She’s Close to Her Family

Flowers appears to have a close relationship with her parents, Garry and Robin Flowers. Having a close relationship with family helps a person cope with stress, can increase longevity, improves psychological well-being and is good for cardiovascular health, according to the Piedmont health system.

4. She Avoids the Drama

When she joined the Southern Charm cast, Flowers relied on previous cast members to help her navigate the tensions among older members. “Leva [Bonaparte] helped me out a lot,” Flowers told Decider. “She was really like big sister, and told me to just stay true to myself and not like I said, let any other people’s opinions sway me — and that I should just take advantage of the fact that I’m not on anyone’s side. So, if I come in and something happens, I shouldn’t be afraid to speak up to what I think. But that was really it. Not to be afraid to speak up if need be.”

5. She Gets Lots of Sun

Flowers’ Instagram feed is full of images of her sunbathing or otherwise enjoying the outdoors. Sunlight is necessary to boost the body’s vitamin D supply, the National Library of Medicine reported. Most cases of vitamin D deficiency are due to lack of outdoor sun exposure, it said. But medical experts advise the use of adequate sunscreen or other UV protection and to limit the amount of sun exposure to avoid damaging skin.

Olivia Flowers first made waves a few years ago, when she joined the cast of the hit Bravo series Southern Charm. Ever since then, Flowers has had a strong presence on social media. She’s currently on vacation in Jamaica, and shared some highlights on Instagram. In a photo from her stories, Flowers enjoyed a pool day. She wore a gray bathing suit, showing off her figure. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Olivia Flowers 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 Isn’t Fake

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Reality TV is often associated with being inauthentic. However, Flowers doesn't want to add to that. "I don't want to do this fake nice thing," she explains to ET. "If you don't like me, for whatever reason, then we can just do our own thing. And that was, I think, the point that they captured with me doing that awful, awkward, flip the bird -- I don't think I've ever given anyone the middle finger, as you could probably tell in that scene -- I was just frustrated because it was yet again another fake conversation that I didn't want to have."

2. She Has A Structured Plan

When it comes to fitness, Flowers is all about structure. She explains that she needs this approach to Greenville Online News. “I appreciate a structured plan when it comes to working out. My schedule can be a little all over the place, so I find comfort in having consistency in fitness.”

3. She Thinks Before She Acts

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Flowers is all about looking before she leaps. She says on the We Should Talk podcast that this helps her when shooting Southern Charm. “I would say just giving yourself time to take a beat before,” she says. “If you're in a heated conversation before reacting and really, really thinking about how something makes you feel rather than being impulsive and your reactions and to just stay consistent. That was something I really wanted to make sure I did. Going into it as, you know, as uncomfortable as it can be to say some things to someone, if I said that to another person, I wanted to be sure that I stayed consistent in what I was saying, no matter who I was talking to.

4. She Gets Her Vitamin D

Get some sun. “The best-known benefit of sunlight is its ability to boost the body’s vitamin D supply; most cases of vitamin D deficiency are due to lack of outdoor sun exposure. At least 1,000 different genes governing virtually every tissue in the body are now thought to be regulated by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25[OH]D), the active form of the vitamin, including several involved in calcium metabolism and neuromuscular and immune system functioning,” reports the NIH.

5. She Likes Nature

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Flowers shared an image of her right next to a giant turtle.”From a stroll through a city park to a day spent hiking in the wilderness, exposure to nature has been linked to a host of benefits, including improved attention, lower stress, better mood, reduced risk of psychiatric disorders and even upticks in empathy and cooperation,” says the APA.

Olivia Frazer is known for her time on the hit Australian reality series, Married At First Sight. This has lead to her being an active presence on Instagram. She shares a lot of gorgeous photos on her page. This week, Frazer posed in a white two-piece swimsuit with blue dots. She received praise from her followers in the comments. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Olivia Frazer 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’s Happy With Her Life

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Frazer opened up about life after her divorce in an interview with Yahoo Lifestyle. She says that she is now living life on her own terms. “Now I’m on OnlyFans, I’m single, I’m on the cover of Maxim - it’s the complete opposite. I think it’s the path that I was meant to be on and I’m where I’m meant to be. Every day I wake up and I'm just so happy with my life.”

2. She’s Taking Care Of Her Mental Health

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Frazer tells Yahoo Lifestyle that she has started taking care of her mental health. “I still feel like there's a little bit of fine-tuning to do with my mental health, but it's the best it's been since I want to say even before MAFS started filming,” she remarks. “I'm just excited to wake up every day, which I haven’t felt for two years. Obviously the filming process was hard and then what we went through during filming was awful. And then Jackson and I, it was the wrong relationship. So being in a relationship that's not working as well as all this other stuff just really took a toll. So I think getting out of all of it, I made a very conscious choice a few months ago to just stop talking about all the drama and all the bad stuff... Unless I’m asked a direct question, I just don’t interact with it or take the bait or anything like that, and it's just serving me really well.”

3. She Got Surgery

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Frazer notably lost a lot of weight in recent years. She revealed on Instagram that she decided to get weight-loss surgery as a way to do so. “Surgery [is] the last thing anybody ever wants to do. It is the last resort. It’s not fun not being able to eat like everybody else, it’s not fun to not be able to drink like everybody else.”

4. She Defends Herself

Frazer has had to defend herself due to being seen as a reality TV villain. She recently clapped back when a photo of her was taken without her consent. “I was spotted applying for a casual job at a makeup store. Absolutely disgusting because a photo was taken of me in my job interview that I did not know was being taken. It’s a huge disgusting invasion of privacy.”

5. She Swims

Frazer spends a lot of time outside. One thing she likes to do to stay in shape is going swimming. She shares a lot of posts on Instagram of herself by the water. Frazer posted this set of photos of herself in Bali. In the first photo, she is seen taking a dip in a pool. She captioned the post, “Bali. And I might like the color green.” Frazer also shared this pool photo, captioning it, “More relaxing times.”