Sexy At 50: Lina Hodgkins Unveils Her Oh-So-Amazing Marbella Life!

Namita Nayyar (WF Team)

8 years ago

One of the oldest members of the cast, Lina Hodgkins is a beautiful woman with a difference. Lina has helped propel the Spanish club scene into the spotlight and is famously known as “Mummy Marbella”.

Many of you have partied the night away at the famous Linekers Puerto Banus. But behind the scenes making sure that all the different bars and clubs of the Linekers Group in Puerto Banus continue to offer the very best entertainment is the lovely workaholic, Lina Hodgkins.

She is the girl that makes everything happen at the Linekers Group in Puerto Banus so we thought of catching up with Lina for a chat about her time in Marbella, on the show Life on Marbs and her fitness secrets.

Lina is one of the stars of the much talked about reality TV show Life on Marbs and you can now find her on ITVBe’s new show “Playa in Marbella”!

Lina Hodgkins is a Stunning and Accomplished Reality TV Star and Businesswoman. She is in conversation with Namita Nayyar, President Women Fitness.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: You have been featured as one of the contestants on the ITVBe reality show Life on Marbs which propelled your career in Acting and in Reality TV to the height of success. Tell us more about this spectacular journey?

Ms. Lina Hodgkins: Filming Life on Marbs was an amazing project to be involved in and I felt so privileged to be asked to star in this, it was a real eye opener understanding both sides of the camera. It still feels strange when I am stopped in the street for photos and a chat with complete strangers, but I have to admit I actually enjoy it and that fact that I drive a bright pink Audi and so hardly inconspicuous, I have people queuing up to take selfies with my car. I wouldn’t class myself as an actress as the show was completely non- scripted so there was no acting involved, just me being my normal self, which is why I believe the general public liked me as they realized I was so real with no hidden agenda.

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Ms. Namita Nayyar: You earlier lived in Portsmouth, U.K., so how was your life like before moving to Marbella?

Ms. Lina Hodgkins: I lived most of my life in Portsmouth and moved to Marbella 13 years ago, life is very different in some ways and not so much in others- I have always worked hard, so that part of my life has not changed. Portsmouth is a very close knit community, I have my friends there that I have been friends with all of my life which you don’t get in Marbella as it is so transient. But I love living in Marbella one of the obvious reasons is the climate, I have always loved the sun and the heat, I also love the lifestyle it is more laid back than Portsmouth and I now never have to get up in the morning to scrap ice from my car windscreen!!

Ms. Namita Nayyar: What exercises comprise your fitness regime or workout routine which you may wish to share?

Ms. Lina Hodgkins: As you know I am extremely busy and don’t have an awful lot of time for exercise, however I try and walk as much as possible, at least three times a week, I have the added advantage of living at the top of a hill, so I walk to the bottom and back up again, this usually takes about one hour and I can really feel the benefit of this especially in my legs and tummy.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: Do you take some special diet or have a strict menu that you follow to remain healthy and physically fit?

Ms. Lina Hodgkins: I don’t really believe in diets, I try to maintain low carbs through the week and eat plenty of fish and fresh vegetables, but I do enjoy chocolate – what woman doesn’t? So I have five healthy days and on weekends I tend to eat what I want, I am very lucky as I am naturally small, but if I feel I’m gaining weight I cut out the weekend chocolate binge.

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Ms. Namita Nayyar: You have glowing skin and gorgeous hair. Do you take some kind of skin treatment to keep it young and glowing and secondly what do you do to your hair to make them look so stunning?

Ms. Lina Hodgkins: Thank you!!!! I don’t really have a beauty regime with loads of products – I keep it simple and I am blessed with good genes. I have pure Argan Oil flown over from Morocco, and use it every night before I go to bed. In the morning I just use Nivea before I apply my make-up which is always MAC with SPF 15. I started Watermans Grow me shampoo and conditioner just under a year ago and my hair has never been in such good condition, it has a lovely healthy shine, much thicker and looks fabulous and healthy.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: You recently did a lingerie shoot. What advice do you wish to give to the women of today to be body confident in order to do such confident and bold modelling?

Ms. Lina Hodgkins: It was the most scariest thing I have ever done to take my clothes off and be filmed for national TV, however it was also one of the best things that I have done, I was 54 years old when I did this, and I would recommend every woman to do this just once it their life time. I don’t believe in perfection – what is it?? For me this was all about body confidence and love the skin that you’re in. I believe in todays society there is to much emphasis for girls to be perfect – I believe you’re perfect when you put on a bikini and you are beach ready when you stop worrying what anybody else thinks – confidence makes a strong lady! I know that by doing this at my age inspired a lot of more mature ladies to embrace life. I felt so liberated by it that I started a campaign called Bantsinyourpants, getting people to post pictures of themselves in their undies on the Facebook page and donating to Macmillan. The pictures were brilliant, people of all ages and sizes having fun and celebrating their health and saying ‘this is me, lumps and bumps and all, and I’m proud’. We raised over 16 thousand pounds.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: You are an Actress, Reality TV star, a Former Model, a Style Icon and the Marketing Director at the Linekers Group. How do you manage such a remarkable multi-dimensional lifestyle?

Ms. Lina Hodgkins: I have always loved fashion, although never been a follower of style trends, I have always had my own style and wear what I like and what suits me, I always receive a lot if compliments on my own style, so I know I am doing something right. Although I appear in reality TV I am not an actress although who knows!! I worked in the Lingerie business for many years and worked with a lot of amazing models over a long period of time, but I never actually took to the catwalk myself. I love doing reality TV and it fits well with my job as marketing director, as I can fit filming around this, working at the Linekers group is as diverse as it can be, I have a staff of over 80 people and most are under 25 – so I have the trial and tribulations that go with that. I am extremely organised as a person which allows me to fit everything in and also having a great team of managers really helps as everything comes down to team work.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: Would you like to share with us any future plans regarding TV shows or movies?

Ms. Lina Hodgkins: At the request of ITV –I will be appearing in a new show – Playa in Marbella which I finished filming a few weeks ago and this will be on your screens from 20th July on ITVBE, hope you enjoy it.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: Advice and motivational words for the inspiring and budding young girls, who all are your fans and shall like to know from you for their climb to the ladder of success in the field of Reality TV?

Ms. Lina Hodgkins: My advice is always stay true to yourself, if something doesn’t feel right then don’t do it and certainly don’t say it! Believe in yourself and anything is possible, confidence is everything and it’s the most attractive element of a woman.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: You were one of the stars on ITVBe series, ‘Life on Marbs’. Tell us about an unforgettable moment that you’ve had on the show?

Ms. Lina Hodgkins: It really would have to be the lingerie shoot, this aired on TV August last year and is still the most talked about scene of the show, I was extremely lucky to work with the most amazing crew, who did their best to put me at ease, not just for the shoot but for the whole show, the complete experience was totally unforgettable.

Ms. Namita Nayyar: What do you wish to say about the website Womenfitness.net and message for its visitors?

Ms. Lina Hodgkins: Womenfitness.net is not just a website regarding wellbeing but a lifestyle, with some great articles from some truly great people – well worth a read.

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Women Fitness Team thanks Lina Hodgkins for giving her valuable time for this interview and quenching the thirst of her fans to know more about her and made this interview happen.