Go figure! Gretchen Rossi showed off her golden tan and bright blonde curls for the bikini shoot series

Gretchen Rossi proved she is the quintessential California girl when she posed poolside for her latest photo shoot.

The Real Housewives of Orange County star showed off her golden tan and bright blonde curls in the series of seductive shots.

The 33-year-old wore just an array of skimpy bikinis and a big smile as she splashed around for the photographer.

Golden girl: Gretchen Rossi showed off her bikini body in a sexy photo shoot

The star slipped on a powder blue polka dot two piece with hot pink lace for some shots by the pool, before stepping into the water to cool off in front of the cameras.

She also threw on a flimsy kaftan over a lacy blue and pink floral bikini as she stood casually near the pool in brown and purple jewelled wedge sandals.

The array of two-pieces showed off the reality star�s trim and toned frame as she smiled for the camera.

Go figure: Gretchen showed off her trim, toned and tanned shape as she posed poolside for the cameras

Gretchen looked quite comfortable flaunting her figure in the shoot, which took place in a luxury house in Orange County.

She is currently promoting the seventh season of the reality show, which began airing two weeks ago.

The glamorous blonde has been unlucky in love since she joined the fourth season of the hit TV drama.

 

Making herself at home: The reality star looked relaxed as she posed in the luxury Orange County house

And her appearance immediately set tongues wagging as she opened up about her private life in front of the cameras.

After losing her fianc�, Jeff Beitzel, to cancer in September 2008, Rossi is currently dating co-star Slade Smiley.

Slade first appeared in season one of the show as the cohabitant of now ex-housewife Jo de la Rosa.

Here come the girls: Gretchen (far right) and her Real Housewives co-stars are currently promoting the seventh season of their hit show

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Extra presenter! Maria Menounos stripped down to a Giants bikini today in Times Square

She may have lost a bet after the New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI yesterday, but Maria Menounos definitely gained some new fans today.

The 33-year-old Extra host gamely stripped down to a tiny string bikini in Times Square this afternoon.

She had promised her Extra co-host Mario Lopez that she would wear a Giants bikini in the bitter New York cold if the New England Patriots lost the Super Bowl.

 

She's game: Maria Menounos stripped down to a Giants bikini today in Times Square

The brunette beauty is a longtime fan of the American football team as she was born in Massachusetts.

Never one to forfeit a bet, Menounos disrobed to reveal a sparkly red and blue top and brief white bottoms today.

She wisely kept a pair of warm Ugg boots on her feet.

 

 

So sad: The 33-year-old pretends to shed a tear that her beloved Patriots lost the Super Bowl

The presenter definitely earned some appreciative glances from the men in the crowd, including co-host Lopez.

The terms of the bet were that Menounos would 'bare all' if the Patriots lost, while correspondent A.J. Calloway would have to wear a Patriots cheerleader outfit.

She tweeted a photograph of herself earlier today wearing her robe with the caption: 'Ready to face the music.'

The winner and loser: If AJ Calloway had lost the bet, he won have had to don a Patriots cheerleading uniform

 

 Game girl: Alas, it was the Extra presenter who lost the bet, and lost her clothes as well

She had to steal herself for the big reveal though as she departed Indianapolis to arrive in the Big Apple.

She wrote: 'Flying to ny now...today is gonna stink. At least it's not bitter cold there. Should be 50 degrees I hear.'

The correspondent doesn't blame her team for losing, or for the fact that she had to strut her stuff in the midst of Manhattan.

Before: Menounos and her co-host stood in the middle of Times Square, fully clothed

After: The 38-year-old presenter is smiling, and why shouldn't he look so happy given the woman beside him?

'Sorry, but you know what - I love the Pats for fighting to the bitter end. #PATRIOTpride', she write.

Her 38-year-old co-host was as impressed by her dedication to keeping her word as he was to her fabulous figure.

He wrote on his Twitter page earlier today: 'My girl @mariamenounos lost a Super Bowl bet & had to wear a NY Giants bikini!Big props..Look great.'

Smiles all around: Both presenters actually look happy by the outcome of Menounos' bet