Why Kerri-Anne Kennerley bared her bikini body at 62

AT 62, Kerri-Anne Kennerley has a body women even half her age would be envious of. She explains why, in her sixties, she decided to be photographed in a bikini for the first time.

Kerri-Anne Kennerley is pictured as she appears on the cover of Woman's Day in a bikini. Picture: Woman's Day

AT 62, Kerri-Anne Kennerley has a body women even half her age could be envious of.

The Celebrity Apprentice star has bared all on the cover Woman’s Day, declaring she is “back in a bikini at 62” and is “the strongest and fittest” she’s ever been.

And while she has new-found confidence from her incredible figure, she said it was her husband of 30 years, John Kennerley, who convinced her to do the shoot.

“As my husband said, ‘Why don’t you do it?,” she told news.com.au. “‘You have worked hard and you won’t get another chance’ and I said, ‘oh good, thanks for putting it like that!’”

Kennerley said it was the first time in 25 years she wore a two-piece and the first time she had ever been photographed in one.

Kerri-Anne Kennerley on the cover of Woman's Day. Picture: Woman’s Day

And she wanted the photo to be as real as possible, requesting no filters or Photoshop be used on the image, save for a little colour-correction to match her face to her tanned body.

Kennerley’s enviable figure is even more of an achievement given her breast cancer diagnosis in 2012.

She announced she was given the all-clear in October last year, telling news.com.au at the time: “The most liberating thing is to be able to say ‘I don’t have cancer.’”

While getting back in shape was all part of her recovery, she says she owes her slim and toned physique specifically to weight training.

Kennerley with Mark Bouris and fellow Celebrity Apprentice mentor Shelley Barrett.

“I found out I’d lost a lot of bone because of radiation and drugs and stuff from breast cancer and you can’t replace it without more drugs. The only way is weight training, so I’ve been doing weight training twice a week for a few months, it really, really works and that’s why I did it.”

Kennerley thinks it’s important for all women to realise the importance of strength training for health.

“I wanted the really important message of women of any age that weight training is very good for your muscle strength, for your bone strength and it is an anti-ageing remedy for your body. It really is and every woman should do weight training!”

The bikini shoot comes as Kennerley relaunches her television career this week as an advisor to Mark Bouris on Celebrity Apprentice.

Celebrity Apprentice premieres Wednesday night, 8.40pm on Nine.

Originally published as Why Kerri-Anne Kennerley bared her bikini body at 62