The only stripping I do these days is of wallpaper

Model Linda is DY star online

- BY ROSS KANIUK

WHEN former Page 3 girl Linda Lusardi offers to strip nowadays, she means wallpaper - not taking off her clothes.

The ex-glamour model, who posed topless in newspapers for 12 years, is now passionate about DIY.

And Linda reckons that doing up and selling homes is more lucrative than her modelling career.

The 66-year-old has become an online sensation after swapping her make-up bag for a toolbox.

And Linda's practical skills - which include tiling, caulking, wallpapering and woodwork have earned her thousands of followers.

PERSPECTIVE

One video of her jetwashing her patio has been viewed an incredible four million times.

Linda says: "Honestly, the interaction I get for the DIY stuff is so much higher than pictures of me all done up going out.

"Over the years, I think I've made and saved more money from doing up homes and selling them at a profit than I did from being a nationally recognised model."