Nancy Dell'Olio will delight her fans with news that she would be "honoured to pose for Playboy magazine.

The former girlfriend of Sven-Goran Eriksson was taking her turn at the first Huffington Post UK celebrity "soapbox" event, taking place in east London today.

Dell'Olio told a bemused crowd, including passing shoppers, that age meant "virtually nothing" to her - it was a thing of the past.

"Confidence, sensuality, energy, determination - these are all things that I feel now more in life than I have ever felt before."

Asked for her opinion on the destined winner of Strictly Come Dancing, the glamorous Italian opted for popular favourite Harry Judd.

"He deserves to win," she said.

And, in proper Nancy fashion, she added: "The dancers come on there - they're 30, they see me at 50 and they want to have my body."

Click through our slideshow of all the contestants in this year's Strictly...

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• Holly Valance and Artem Chigvintsev

• Alex Jones and James Jordan

• Anita Dobson and Robin Windsor

• Russell Grant and Flavia Cacace

• Audley Harrison and Natalie Lowe

• Lulu and Brendan Cole

• Nancy Dell'Olio and Anton du Beke

• Dan Lobb and Katya Virshilas

• Rory Bremner and Erin Boag

• Edwina Currie and Vincent Simone

• Chelsee Healey and Pasha Kovalev

• Harry Judd and Aliona Vilani

• Jason Donovan and Kristina Rihanoff

• Robbie Savage and Ola Jordan