Dancing On Ice pro Vanessa Bauer wows in sexy green bikini after being paired with Joey Essex for new series

DANCING On Ice pro skater Vanessa Bauer proves she is ready to heat up the rink.

The 26-year-old has been paired with former Towie star Joey Essex, 32, for the ITV show’s next series in January.

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Vanessa will be training Joey who last month sliced his finger open in a trial run[/caption]

But Germany-born Vanessa has work to do, as Joey sliced his finger last month in a trial run.

On Monday Joey, 32, shared his excitement in a joint post with Vanessa on Instagram after their pairing was revealed.

He posed for beaming snaps during their first training session together and said: “Ice to meet you!”

He’ll be in good hands with Vanessa who won DOI in 2018 with X Factor star Jake Quickenden.

Jake immediately backed them to take home the 2023 trophy, writing beneath their post: “Could have called it. Go get them trophies!”

Vanessa has seen three of her male celebrity skating buddies suffer break-ups after hitting the rink with her.

Jake Quickenden split with Daniella Forgarty a month after pairing up with Vanessa in 2018, while a year later Love Island star Wes Nelson dumped Megan Barton Hanson after competing in DOI with Vanessa.

In 2020, her celeb partner, Emmerdale’s Joe-Warren Plant split from his long-term girlfriend Nicole Hadlow in 2020.

But Vanessa says none was down to her — and she is always keen to reassure any worried girlfriends.

She previously told The Sun: “I can understand why my partners’ girlfriends find it difficult. We spend so much time together rehearsing.

“We’re telling a story on the ice, and it’s nothing more than that, but you have to try to come across as genuine.

“It’s a performance but it’s created to make the love story real for the audience. We are acting on the ice.”

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Vanessa previously said she can understand why her celeb partners’ girlfriends find it difficult to see them dance with her[/caption]