I struggled being so big and tall when I was a kid..  Strictly made me believe that strong is sexy, says Montell Douglas

SHE has been showered with praise after proudly putting her sensational Gladiators body through its paces on Strictly.

But as a child, Montell Douglas often felt embarrassed by the way she looked.

Standing at 5ft 9in by the time she was 12 years old, there was not much she could do to make herself invisible.

But her athletic stature is one of the secret weapons that...