Britney Spears

Britney Spears glows with health on a beach break at Mel Gibson's Costa Rican ranch.
Britney Spears looks fit and healthy as she relaxes on a beach – and shows she is putting her troubles behind her.

The singer appeared rounded and happy in a bikini as she took a much-needed break after a turbulent time when drink and drugs binges led to her being sectioned.

Britney had been through a period of increasingly erratic behaviour due to her bitter custody battle with her ex-husband Kevin Federline over her sons, Sean Preston, two, and 20-month-old Jayden James.

She famously shaved off her hair, then in January held the boys hostage in a stand-off with authorities at her Los Angeles home.

A psychiatrist is thought to have treated her for bipolar disorder.

But last week, a judge granted her the right to spend three days a week with her sons under supervision.

But, sadly, Britney's troubles are not over.

There are reports a sex tape of her and British photographer Adnan Ghalib, 35, is about to be released.