Taylor Hill is heating up the tropics in her swimsuit. During a recent getaway at the Pangkor Laut Resort in Malaysia, the former Victoria’s Secret Angel shows off her amazing body in a bathing suit while enjoying the beauty of the islands. “Doll,” commented one of her followers. “You are so beautiful,” added another. How does the model, 27, approach health and fitness? Celebwell rounded up her top health habits.
“I used to hate my body, and I thought I was really ugly,” Taylor told Byrdie. “I was so not confident, and becoming a model—and especially a VS girl—has changed my perspective on who I am. It’s kind of given me a new light: You’re beautiful no matter what you look like, no matter what body type you have. I always envied curvy women because I wasn’t that. The grass is always greener, and you’ll always have to deal with that. But being a model has helped me embrace my body type. It’s hard on some girls, but it actually helped me a lot.”
Taylor mixes up her workouts. “I do mainly light weight-lifting and squats when I’m in the gym. My favorite place is Dogpound in NYC,” Taylor revealed to Harper’s Bazaar about her sweat sessions. “But I also do some yoga, pilates and crossfit. It’s important to switch things up so that your body doesn’t get too used to anything.”
“I actually don’t stick to any diets, but I eat everything in moderation. Plus, exercising regularly is very important,” she told Harper’s Bazaar. Hr favorite meals? “When I’m in Paris, I always have Japanese udon. And pizzas in New York. I also love spaghetti, and basically everything when I’m in Italy.”
In her recent post, Taylor shows off the latest book she is reading. One Harvard study published in Social Science & Medicine found that people who read books regularly had a 20% lower risk of dying over the next 12 years compared with people who weren’t readers or who read periodicals.
Taylor enlists the help of a personal trainer to achieve her goals. “I have to use a trainer because I cheat in classes,” she told Byrdie. “I’m a natural-born cheater. I cheat on everything—I cheated on tests (don’t tell my teachers), I cheat workouts, I eat whatever I want! So I just needed someone to watch me and make sure I’m doing it correctly. When I have an hour, I want to give everything I have to that hour, like, really work out.”