LAUREN Goodger was all smiles as she made her big return to The Only Way is Essex seven years after her last appearance.
The 37-year-old was one of the original Towie stars but left the show in 2012.
She made a brief return in 2016 but now Lauren is coming back with a bang.
Today she was seen filming in Essex ahead of the new series and looked incredible in a sheer green top and matching trousers.
Lauren opted for a full face of glam make-up and accessorised with a Chanel handbag and sparkly platform heels.
And Lauren has revealed her reason for returning to the show that made her famous, insisting she is doing it for two-year-old daughter Larose, who she shares with ex Charles Drury.
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She told new! magazine: "All my friends have got jobs and work - most mums do - and I want Larose to see that I've got a job too."
Discussing her first days back on set, Lauren continued: "I wasn't nervous because Towie's sort of my home, but I've been in a mum bubble so the first day of filming was a complete shock."
During her first stint on the reality show Lauren's main storyline was her on/off 10-year relationship with Mark Wright.
The former couple were involved in some huge bust-ups on camera and Mark, 37 - who is now married to Michelle Keegan - even proposed on the show.
Even though she shared the highs and the lows with viewers, Lauren added: "There is nothing I regret and nothing I would change."
Earlier this month Lauren was pictured hanging out with co-stars Amy Childs and Junaid Ahmed.
She later told fans: "The rumours are true! LG is back baby @towie."
Meanwhile Lauren, who took part in Celebrity Big Brother in 2014, recently had her say on her neighbour and current housemate Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu.
After rumours of a romance between Ekin-Su, 29, and her co-star Nikita Kuzmin, Lauren told The Sun: "I doubt it. I don’t think he is going to go on television and form a relationship if he has a girlfriend, and I don't know if Ekin is ready for that, she hasn’t spoken about it to me.
"I don't think Ekin would get involved with anyone with a girlfriend either. She hasn't gone in for that. This is a career move and an experience."
