LeAnn Rimes Bikini Photos: Hot! All Staged!

LeAnn Rimes is not shy about her bangin' bikini body ... to the point where all her "casual" outings that are captured by the paparazzi are actually all staged.

Yes, those LeAnn Rimes bikini photos you see - with her looking smoldering and fun-loving on the beach, walking with husband Eddie Cibrian - are set up.

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The 30-year-old, whose life has been under intense scrutiny since her affair with Eddie (while he was still married to Brandi Glanville) has it down to a science.

Sources say whenever she is snapped outside of restaurants, on the beach in bikinis shopping or going to and from the airport, she's well aware going in.

LeAnn and photographers have been dealing with each other for years; even when she's out of the country in Cabo, she's tipped them off to her location.

The celebrity gossip photographers take the shots - usually flattering - and disseminate them online. Shameless and bogus, but at least no one gets hurt.

As we saw with Chris Guerra, who lost his life trying to chase down a celebrity, that's not always a given. Maybe it's good LeAnn has her system down?

"LeAnn wants good pictures out there," says a source. "She wants to look good and moreover she wants people to see how she looks happy with Eddie."

"That's why she does that."

What do you think of it?