A FITNESS instructor is celebrating after getting through to the final of a national swimsuit competition.

Tiffany Rose won the Manchester heat of Miss Swimsuit UK and will now compete in the final in London on September 28.

The 23-year-old from Great Harwood, who works as a pole fitness instructor, competed against 26 women in front of judges from reality television shows.

Miss Rose said: “I was shocked, I didn’t expect it at all.

“All of the girls were so different, you didn’t know what the judges were looking for.

“I’d never done anything like that before in my life. I didn’t know if I was doing it right.

“It was really great when I found out that I’d won but now it’s just about preparing for the final.”

The winner of the UK final will travel to the Dominican Republic to compete against to be named Miss Swimsuit USA International.