With the types of options available in the market today, you no longer have to be close to size 0 to look good in a bikini. Just follow the golden rule of buying according to what suits your body type. Which is what actor and model Erika Packard does when she has to pick a bikini. "I have bigger hips, so I need to choose the right cut to give enough coverage. I have cellulite on my thighs, so I pick a two-piece in fabr­ics that stretch li­ke spandex, whi­ch makes my hips look shapely. High-waist cuts are in as it makes your torso look smaller," she tells us. She pref­e­rs bold colours and bikinis with strings that make it adjustable.

Deviana Gupta