TOWIE’s Courtney Green showcases her toned physique in a black bikini

Her home county of Essex and the rest of the UK has been thrust into a Tier 5 lockdown amid a surge in coronavirus cases. 

And Courtney Green showed off her incredible figure in a throwback vacation snap on Wednesday, as she reminisced over a time when she could travel. 

The TOWIE bombshell, 25, displayed her bronzed complexion in a black bikini as she posed from the comfort of a hammock in the 2017 photo. 

She framed her visage with aviator shades and plaited her chocolate tresses in neat braids.  

Courtney amusingly penned on the Instagram image: ‘B****y hell i’m so pale now’. 

The TOWIE star’s throwback pic comes three months after she revealed that she’d reunited with her businessman beau Callum Bushby during the first nationwide lockdown.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, the reality star admitted it’s unlikely she’d have reunited with Callum if it wasn’t for the COVID-19 lockdown.

Courtney and her beau split in December 2019 after 18 months together when he reportedly refused to commit to their relationship by moving in together.   

The brunette beauty explained that ‘something happened’ at the beginning of lockdown which made her reach out to Callum, and it eventually led them to rekindle their romance. 

She said: ‘I did get back with my ex-boyfriend, something happened at the start of lockdown and we just started talking again. Me and Callum, obviously we’re allowed out we’ve started dating each other and seeing a lot more.

‘If lockdown hadn’t happened I don’t know if we would have got back together. I feel like because lockdown happened we feel like we had a lot of time to chat and we didn’t have any distractions.’  

Courtney went onto tell MailOnline that she’s been working on her businesses during the lockdown after struggling to complete her challenge to ‘get a six-pack.’

The star also reflected on the furious backlash she faced from fans after flouting social distancing rules to host a raucous party for her 25th birthday.

Courtney confessed that it was ‘silly and stupid’ to host the party, even after co-star Chloe Lewis claimed the group had been tested for coronavirus so were therefore ‘safe’ and allowed to break the rules.

She said: ‘Thankfully no one got ill. I’ve learned from it and it’s just such a weird time for everyone, it just felt weird.

‘Three days after my birthday we were allowed to sit in restaurants, we were allowed to sit in pubs, so I was a bit confused as to what you could and couldn’t do. So I was half-thinking ”why can’t I have a couple of friends over? Do I have to sit in a restaurant with them?”

‘But then you live and you learn and I know you’ve just got to stick to the rules for everybody’s sake and everybody else’s health as well.’