Amanda Holden’s lookalike daughter Lexi Hughes, 18, had a bit of a tanning fail on holiday, as she posed in a bikini with her ‘white sides’ visible

Amanda Holden’s daughter Lexi Hughes has poked fun at her tanning fail.

The 18-year-old, who is the spitting image of her famous mum, 53, wowed her followers as she posed in a tiny bikini while on holiday. The rising model slipped into a canary yellow two-piece as she reclined on a boat.

The beauty laid out in front of a backdrop of gentle waves and mountains in the distance on her sun-filled holiday. And while she was sporting a golden tan, it appeared she had failed to get an even tan as she had some pale sections.

But Lexi poked fun at herself before anyone else could. She wrote in the caption: “Boat day (ignore my white sides).”

Lexi, who is signed to Storm modelling agency, was showered with compliments, with many of her 26,000 followers leaving a flame emoji. Another said: “So hot!”

Someone else wrote: “Absolutely stunning. Wonder where you get that from,” as they also tagged mum Amanda’s account.

Lexi’s holiday comes after Britain’s Got Talent star Amanda revealed her eldest daughter had been rushed to hospital with a life-threatening illness during her A-Levels. Amanda said that Lexi had picked up E. coli.

She told The Sun: “For about three weeks, Lexi had been complaining of bloating and stomach cramps. She was not happy at all and in quite a lot of pain with her tummy.

“It was around the time of revision and her A-levels, so I was just putting this down to exam stress.”

But after taking Lexi to a GP, it was established she had VTEC E. coli, which is very harmful and rare in humans. Amanda spoke of her confusion as to where Lexi would have picked it up from.

They even went as far as having their pets at home checked, as the strain is often associated with farmers. Things turned worse when a doctor told Amanda Lexi was at risk of sepsis.

Luckily, Lexi was let out of hospital after five days. However she has had to return a number of times for more blood tests, as they had been “through the roof”.