ONE of the world's oldest belly dancers has recently appeared on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch. 

Tina Hobin, an 82-year-old belly dancer, has enjoyed a slew of media appearances after featuring in Worcester News.

She said she will keep on shimmying for as long as she can and her attitude towards her craft has made her an online hit. 

Mrs Hobin said: "I'm still dancing, I am believed to be the oldest belly dance teacher in the UK."

Over the years, Mrs Hobin has taught belly dancing across the county, including Worcester. 

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Mrs Hobin appeared Steph's Packed Lunch on Channel 4 on Tuesday (February 14) and said she felt over the moon by the reaction she was given. 

She said Steph McGovern gave her huge and several members of the audience wanted to get pictures with her after filming. 

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The dancer said: "I've been on a high all week and my boyfriend of 84 has been ecstatic for me. 

"Steph was amazing, she gave me a huge hug and the applause I got was incredible."

Mrs Hobin even wowed the crowd with a demonstration and got them all up on their feet to join in. 

She said: "I'm exhausted, to be honest, but it feels like old times."

Over the years, Mrs Hobin has made several headlines, including the time she tried to break the world record for the most people belly dancing simultaneously. 

However, the dancer didn't have a clear-cut route to success and doctors even told her to stop dancing by doctors after being attacked on Oxford Street, London, in 1997.

Mrs Hobin first started belly dancing in 1973, she said: "I started taking classes in my 30s and got hooked from there and I had my first book published in 1992." 

Currently, she is working on a study which aims to highlight the benefits belly dancing can have on pregnant women. 

Mrs Hobin believes belly dancing has multiple mental and physical health benefits - including helping with endometriosis, safe pregnancies, infertility, and back pain.

But she said she would love to break the world record for being the oldest belly dancer in the world. 

Mrs Hobin said: "I would like to break that world record, but I might have a long way to go still."