NEW PICTURES!

Raunchy Isabel's change of heart

SHE was "hopping mad" when Ralph magazine splashed unauthorised
shots of her on their cover, so why - less than 12 months later -
has actress Isabel Lucas hopped into a bikini to frolic for rival
title FHM?

More hippy chick than bikini babe, the former Home and Away actress
undoubtedly makes for a stunning, silicone free cover-girl in this
month's issue of the lad's mag.

Following the magazine's two year pursuit, Lucas finally agreed to
do the pin-up shoot with FHM - on the proviso that she could have
complete creative control over the ways the pictures were executed,
styled and presented.

Yet just last August, the 22-year-old said it was "awful'' when a
Home and Away publicity shot of her in a white bikini was bought
from a picture agency and used to push sales for men's magazine
Ralph.

The newly brunette babe hasn't changed out of the bikini - just
added a few flimsy cover-ups - but she's certainly changed her tune.

"I agreed to do it because I was able to handpick the photographer
and the location and was able to control what the finished product
would look like,'' Lucas told Confidential.

"(Acclaimed fashion photographer) Nick Leary took the shots, and the
end result is no different to how a Vogue shoot would look.''

Having just returned from a trip to Namibia as a charity aid worker,
Lucas doesn't fit the surgically enhanced bimbo sterotype - which is
why she feels she can make a sleaze-free statement by agreeing to
pose for the sexy pics.

"Most bikini shots of women can look very sexist, but I wanted to
prove that you can look just as sensual when you're more covered
up,'' Lucas said.