Mario Falcone shows off his strong super-tanned torso as he sizzles by the pool in Miami with a bikini-clad brunette... but it's not 'new flame' Lucy Mecklenburgh

Mario Falcone was accompanied by a different bikini-clad brunette on Friday as he hit the pool on a week away in Miami, Florida.

Bare chested Mario, 28, put on a particularly sizzling display in small swimming shorts, already way ahead on the tanning front when it came to soaking up the sun.

Mario emerged from a cool dip in the water with his ripped torso and heavy inkings on display in just navy blue trunks.He peeped through cool shades and slicked back his hair, maintaining his high profile Essex image while thousands of miles away from his native.

The reality TV star appears to be on a lads' break in South Beach where the entertainment has been basketball, boating and no doubt the bodacious babes of the Florida hotspot.

Before jetting away to the sun, the hunk was romantically linked to his old girlfriend, who's conveniently just become single again.

Rumours of a new romance with an old flame emerged earlier this month when Lucy and Mario were said to be 'friendly again'.

The couple dated in 2013 during her run on the show and shortly after she dated notorious lothario Mark Wright.