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Zara Woodcock

Saira Khan asks daughter, 11, to take snaps of her in underwear to embrace body confidence

Loose Women's Saira Khan revealed she asks her 11-year-old daughter to take snaps of the star in her underwear.

The former panellist wants her daughter Amara to be 'proud of her body' and has her help with her photos.

During an Instagram Live session, the 52-year-old said: "I get my daughter, who's 11, to take pictures of me when I'm in my underwear.

"I want her to be inspired to be proud of her body and celebrate its beauty, stretchmarks..."

She shares Amara and Zachariah, 14, with her husband Steve Hyde who she married in 2004.

Saira is candid about her body, health, and fitness on her social media account, and uses the pictures to discuss the realities of it.

Saira often shares snaps of her incredible figure on Instagram (Saira Khan/Instagram)
Her 11-year-old daughter takes photos for her (Instagram/ @iamsairakhan)

She also opens up about menopause, mental health and more on her Instagram.

It comes as the former Loose Women star revealed the reason she quit the daytime show.

Saira claimed her bosses tried to make her join adult subscription-based website, OnlyFans, as a PR stunt, which was the final straw for her.

The presenter encourages women to embrace their bodies (Saira Khan)

She revealed how she was also asked to have a mould made of her vagina for a Body Stories campaign.

Saira alleged bosses cared more about viewing figures than her mental health.

"The straw that broke the camel’s back was when one of the young producers was sent running after me to ask whether I would be prepared to open an OnlyFans account," the TV personality explained.

She recently spoke out about the reason she left Loose Women (Instagram/ @iamsairakhan)
Saira revealed she was asked to join OnlyFans - something which ITV bosses have denied (ITV)

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"To say I was shocked was an understatement. I could see she herself was mortified to ask me. I replied, ‘You’re asking an Asian woman who has a husband and kids and comes from a Muslim family to open an OnlyFans account?’

“She said, ‘It’s just on your social media you’ve been posting images in your underwear and we thought if you could go undercover to see the kind of response you get from men, it would make a great story’.

“There and then, I knew my time was up on the show. I felt humiliated, angry, disappointed and like fodder.”

At one point, she was asked to pose for a mould of her vagina.

Despite repeatedly refusing and saying she was uncomfortable with it, she claims she continued to be harassed by producers.

A spokesman for Loose Women said: “We strongly refute all of these claims. Duty of care is of paramount importance for all of our panellists. Saira left the panel almost two years ago and we wish her well.”

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