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Emmeline Saunders

Gemma Collins nearly falls off a boat as she takes on bottle cap challenge in skimpy swimsuit

Gemma Collins nearly found herself sleeping with the fishes as she narrowly avoided a painful injury while filming the latest viral craze.

The TOWIE star, who is currently on holiday with her family in the Canary Island of Tenerife, stripped down to a skimpy bright red swimsuit as she hung out on a luxury private yacht.

Not content with sunbathing or soaking up the sights, Gemma decided to entertain her fans by taking on the Bottle Cap Challenge - a viral game that sees people delivering a roundhouse kick to a bottle in order to knock its lid off.

Gemma was determined to take on the viral craze taking Instagram by storm (iNSTAGRAM)
She didn't know what it was called, however... (iNSTAGRAM)

"It's the GC and I'm going to do the water top challenge - or whatever it's called," Gem called out to the camera as a little boy bravely held up a water bottle.

She then launched into an elegant pirouette - but rather than connecting with the bottle, she spun round out of control and lurched worryingly towards the metal barrier protecting her from falling straight into the deep water below.

"ARGH!" she screamed as she grabbed on to the bars, while the person behind the camera laughed and laughed.

Gemma launched cheerily into her spinning kick (iNSTAGRAM)
But lost her balance and nearly fell over the side of the boat (iNSTAGRAM)

Luckily, Gemma was still game for more fun and filmed herself once more - this time holding tightly on to the railings to avoid a tumble.

The reality star has been revelling in her new-found body confidence ever since shedding a whopping three stone since the start of the year.

Gemma lost the weight since embarking on her gruelling Dancing On Ice training, and even though she never made the final, she's kept up the good work ever since.

Gem's been showing off her body confidence (iNSTAGRAM)
She's lost three stone since the start of 2019 (iNSTAGRAM)

She gave her followers an insight into her new eating habits as she filmed her dinner on a family night out, revealing they'd gone to the La Caleta restaurant in Tenerfie for a posh meal.

Gem tucked into scallops and salad as a treat after her busy day sunning herself - and nearly dying - on board the private boat.

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