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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Jennifer Hudson: I'm Done Losing Weight!

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson lost more than 80 pounds after she teamed up with Weight Watchers in 2010 -- and that's more than enough for the "Spotlight" singer.

Gracing the December cover of Redbook, the Chicago native says she's finally at peace with her body. "I'm at the weight I want to be," Hudson says proudly. "But I hear all the time, 'Don't lose any more weight, you need to stop.' People are under the impression that I'm still losing but I'm not."

Hudson -- who has a son with her fiance, Harvard Law graduate and WWE wrestler David Otunga -- admits that she sometimes forgets that she's no longer a size 16. "I'm getting used to my new self more than anything else," the Academy Award winner explains. "I got used to being plus-sized and knowing how to be that, whereas this is like, 'Okay, who am I?' I keep thinking that I probably need an extra-large or a large and the stylist is like, 'No, you need a me dium or a small.'"

Before she discovered Weight Watchers, the former American Idol contestant had trouble finding trendy clothes that flattered her figure. That period of her life inspired Hudson to design a clothing line for QVC. "I know what I like, and that's what it's all about. It's like, who's your fashion icon?  Me. And no one but you knows what you feel most comfortable in," she tells Redbook.

"I look at each piece and think, 'Could I wear that as big Jennifer or could I wear that now?'" she continues. "I want to consider every girl."


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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

PICTURE: Victoria's Secret Angel Candice Swanepoel Flaunts Shrunken Stomach on Instagram Before Show

Candice Swanepoel walks the runway during the 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Avenue Armory on November 9, 2011 in New York City.

Candice Swanepoel is close to pulling a disappearing act.

Shortly before walking the runway for the Nov. 7 Victoria's Secret fashion show, the lingerie model, 24, flaunted her pin-thin frame on Instagram with a close-up shot of her concave stomach.

"Two days left till the #Vsfashionshow," she wrote alongside the photo, which shows her protruding hip bones peeking out from a pair of low-slung grey sweatpants.

Candace Swanepoel
Candace Swanepoel
Credit: Candace Swanepoel/Instagram

This isn't the first time the South African stunner has raised eyebrows because of her super-skinny physique. In 2011, she drew criticism for her barely-there bod when she appeared at a Vic toria's Secret swimwear launch with fellow models Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima, who looked almost curvy in comparison.

At the time, however, Swanepoel insisted that she was "healthy and happy" and attributed her weight loss to stress and work.

"I get skinnier if I'm very busy," she told ABC News in 2010.

The blue-eyed bombshell has indeed been busy. She and the other Victoria's Secret Angels have been hard at work getting into runway-ready shape for the company's annual fashion show, airing Dec. 4 on CBS.

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NEW PICTURES: Lady Gaga Goes Nearly Nude on Hotel Balcony

Lady Gaga has a good time as she smiles and waves to her Brazilian fans from the balcony of her hotel room in Rio de Janeiro on November 7, 2012.

Lady Gaga gave her Little Monsters quite a show in Rio de Janeiro!

The 26-year-old "Born This Way" singer stepped out on her hotel balcony Wednesday, Nov. 7 wearing nothing but black underwear. However, the singer did conceal her breasts by carrying a strategically-placed melon and holding a striped towel.

Gaga walked across the balcony with a smile on her face, and showed off the tattoos on her thigh and back. But she later properly greeted her fans by throwing on a denim shirt, black shorts and lace-up platform boots.

Lady Gaga on the balcony of her hotel room in Rio de Janeiro.
Lady Gaga on the balcony of her hotel room in Rio de Janeiro.
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After telling fans she gained 30 pounds in September, Gaga launched a "Body Revolution" to encourage others to embrace their shape.

"I thought, well I don't really care if they think I'm fat, because, quite honestly, I did gain about 30 pounds," she told Stylist UK last week.

And while she's happy with her new curves, Gaga doesn't think it's fair that she's receiving attention for it -- while a fellow curvy pop superstar goes unnoticed.

"Adele is bigger than me -- how come nobody says anything about it?" she asked of the British singer and new mom, 24. "She's so wonderful and I think her confidence is something I have to match. She has set the bar very high for a lot of women."


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