Kim Kardashian says bikini pictures were 'ok', but she still has weight to lose

THERE'S no denying a bikini-clad Kim Kardashian looks amazing on the cover of Us Weekly, but the star says the pics are only "okay".

"So I saw one photo," Kardashian told E! News. "It was OK. I think I still have about 10 pounds to go."

The 33-year-old is pictured strolling along the beach in a white two-piece and a full face of makeup looking incredibly slim just six months after the birth of her daughter North.

"My body is back" says the headline, alongside the teaser "No gimmicks, no surgery! Kim slams the fat bullies and gets her sweet revenge."

While the shots look like a typically arranged beach shoot, Kardashian told Entertainment Tonight that she was completely unaware that the photos had been taken.

Kim Kardashian's "sexy selfie" was her way of slamming the haters, she says. Picture: Instagram Source: Supplied

"I hadn't even seen those photos -- me and my friends were at the beach and there was paparazzi," she told a reporter yesterday, "and I was like, 'oh God, oh God.'

"I'm in a bikini, you think it's a private beach, and you wonder how it tus out. ... I've been working really hard just to be healthy, you know, I've been dieting. I think I started really hard core with Atkins and then you go back to trying to eat normally but for me, it really changed the way that I eat and just changed my lifestyle and you know, I work out, so."

But while Kardashian swears she hasn't seen the photo, experts say the cover image had been airbrushed to make her look thinner.

Bill Swift, editor at celebrity site Egotastic.com told Fox News "the photo has been touched up heavily. But that's fairly standard, especially for covers."

While another photo editor added that it looked "heavily retouched".

But Kim's rep told the publication that Kardashian did not arrange for the shots to be taken and they were probably snapped in Miami over Thanksgiving weekend.

"We didn't do an Us Weekly cover. I haven't seen it yet. I'm told they have used paparazzi shots."

Kardashian on the cover of Us Weekly. Picture: Us Weekly Source: Supplied