Kelly Brook wears nothing but a pearl necklace as she goes nude in her sexiest ever photo shoot

She had just topped the FHM 100 Sexiest Women In The World list and signed a reported £1million modelling contract with Lynx.

 And it's clear to see why Kelly Brook was in high demand when she smouldered in Mauritius in 2010; her sexiest shoot of all time, and a set that she this week called her 'favourite pictures ever'.

Kelly, now 36, goes completely nude save for a string of pearls for a shoot captured as the sun came up on the beach.

Kelly was in the best shape of her life, balancing perfect curves with an enviably taut aspect that earned her top modelling career in Britain.

A string of completely nude shots see Kelly writhing around on the sands with her cheeks turned up to the sun as she stares provocatively into the camera.

Another sees the beauty's hourglass shape teased through an ethereal sheer kaftan as she goes completely nude underneath.

Shot by celebrity photographer Alan Strutt, the pictures were captured for a calendar in just 10 minutes but the nudity and the pearl necklace were all improvised.

Alan said: 'I was shooting Kelly's calendar in Cape Town and was stranded when the flights were grounded in Europe because of the Icelandic volcano ash.

'With no hope of a flight from South Africa for two weeks we booked a honeymoon holiday for a week in Mauritius at The One & Only Resort to enable us to get back.

'With the make up artist and stylist still in South Africa, Kelly said she wanted to do her sexiest shoot ever and dragged me out of bed at 6am.

'With no clothes to use I gave her a pearl necklace and shot the pictures in 10 minutes as the sun came up. We spent the rest of the week exploring the island by sailboat. As honeymoons go, it was up there with the best, thank you Iceland.'

By 2015, Kelly had made it into the FHM list 17 years in a row and she converted her modelling career into a spin at acting in the US.

Now back, Kelly has settled into country life with new fiance Jeremy Parisi but is due to return to our screens with a dating show, It's Not Me It's You, later this year.

Kelly told Reveal magazine about the new Channel 5 show: '[It's] is certainly going to get people talking.

'It's a fun opportunity to share my own life experiences and anecdotes whilst going head to head with Vicky [Pattison] who I'm a big fan of. [Host] Eamonn [Holmes] is definitely going to have his hands full! I can't wait!'