FORMER Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan has said she would love to follow in the footsteps of her idol Marilyn Monroe and appear in Playboy magazine.

The model, who was a pupil at the private Westholme School, in Blackburn, also revealed that she hoped to start a family with footballer boyfriend Scott Sinclair in an interview with a national newspaper.

The 23-year-old told The Sun: “I’d love to do Playboy.

“I mean, Marilyn Monroe did Playboy and she’s my idol.”

Helen, who appeared in I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here last year, posed in a bunny costume for a photo shoot for the tabloid.

Other famous Playboy models include Kate Moss, Pamela Anderson and Belinda Carlisle.

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