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Nikki Sanderson dances on ice

Former 'Coronation Street' star Nikki Sanderson has signed up to star in 'Dancing on Ice'.

The sexy soap star will be dazzling audiences with her skating skills and sparkling costumes when the new series of the ITV reality show begins in January.

A source told Britain's Soaplife magazine: "Nikki loves the show and jumped at the chance to be in it."

But the 23-year-old actress and singer has previously confessed she hates her legs.

Nikki said: "I'd make my legs longer if I could and I've got a big scar on one of them so I'd get rid of that." The Lancashire lass - who shot to fame as The Street's feisty hairdresser Candice Stow - has also revealed that men use cheesy chat-up lines to try and impress her when they meet her.

She said: "I've had some terrible chat-up lines. I remember this one bloke, who tried one after another, and they were all s**t.

"The first one was, 'If you were a hamburger at McDonald's, you'd be a McGorgeous'. And the next one he said, 'Can you be Wilma and I'll be Fred and we'll make the bedrock?' I just walked off." 

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