MODEL Abbey Clancy says she has managed to put on weight despite her intense training schedule for Strictly Come Dancing.

The star is one of four female finalists who will battle it out tomorrow night when she takes on BBC Breakfast host Susanna Reid, singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor and former Coronation Street actress Natalie Gumede.

Clancy said she had put on "about half a stone" and blamed it on the diet of takeaways she needed to fuel her training.

She said: "It's so intense, all this training, you have to eat all the time."

William Hill has made Susanna Reid the 6-5 favourite to take the title.