Strictly Come Dancing - Stephanie Beacham's weight vow

11 October 2007 - Stephanie Beacham has vowed to donate money to charity if she doesn't lose weight whilst appearing on Strictly Come Dancing.

Whilst talking to the panellists on ITV's Loose Women programme Stephanie talked about her goal to lose weight as a result of appearing on the hit dance show.

She said: "Three years ago I gave up smoking, and I immediately put on 15 pounds, and that's really hard to lose.

"So I thought OK, I am going to lose at least ten pounds, and for every pound I don't loose, I'm going to donate £1000 to Children in Need."

She also revealed to the gossip-mongers on Loose Women just how challenging learning to dance can be.

"The trouble is before you go on, you haven't got a script, you haven't got a character, you've just got you, and these movements, and you think 'how do I remember them?" she said.

"Because they don't make any sense. So I've had to make up things like "hailing a taxi"!"
She added. "I've realised that it was actually 50 years ago when I gave up ballet, and the last time I did ballroom was at the age of five on my father's feet, and that was 55 years ago!"

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