Engaged singer Amy Winehouse puts on a show poolside - but she ditches the designer bikini for an old pair of cut-off denim shorts, lacy black bra-top - and a display of wild sailor-style tattoos and old scars. Amy showed off her unusual 'body art' at an exclusive resort in Miami Beach, where she is enjoying a sun-drenched break with fiance Blake Fielder-Civil.
Rough guide to glamour: The singer, left, when she launched her career in 2003 and right, now she has covered her rail-thin body in 13 sailor-style tattoos
Amy admitted to a period of self-harm which started when she was nine The rail-thin singer, looked somewhat out of place in the gorgeous surroundings in her tatty shorts, layer of black-inked tattoos, and heavily scarred arms which betray a legacy of self-harm. Amy admitted to self-harming in an interview with a music magazine. She told Q magazine: "It's a funny thing, a morbid curiosity. What does that feel like? 'Ow, that f*****g hurts.' It's probably the worst thing I've done." And speaking about her 13 tattoos, she said: "It's a way of suffering for the things that mean a lot to you. Actually I like the pain. To me, it relieves you."
Amy Winehouse ditches traditional poolside glamour for a display of tatty shorts and black lacy bra top, tattoos and scars from a period of self-harming The singer has changed dramatically since she first burst into the charts in 2003. Her jazz-influenced torch-singer style has been rapidly replaced by a hard-drinking, rock and roll lifestyle, coupled with drastic weightloss which has caused concern for her well-being. Winehouse, who has been doing a series of warm-up gigs in the US before she starts touring in September dismissed reports she is in Miami for a quickie wedding this week. Although she seems very loved up with fiance Fielder-Civil, the inspiration for her smash album Back to Black, she told The Mirror talk of a wedding was premature: "We're just chilling out, having a good time...We only just got engaged!".
All covered up: Amy and fiance Blake Fielder-Civil enjoy a sundrenched break and dismiss rumours that marriage is imminent.
