Supermodel Heidi Klum has brushed off criticism of her weight by saying a resounding no to diet - insisting she already has the perfect figure for the catwalk. The 35-year-old mum of three faced a volley of verbal criticism by German designer Wolfgang Joop last month for being “too heavy” to model.

But Klum insists she has never been the type to keep herself starved - as looking after her children and pop star partner Seal is more than enough to keep her in shape. She says:

“I was never a diet sort of person. But when I started to model, I knew already that I would have to watch what I ate and for example, stop eating wiener schnitzel (Austrian dish of fried veal). My children are my best workout and I am of course also busy with my husband.”

Photo credit: Fame Pictures

Who among us wouldn’t want to have the body of a professional ballroom dancer? I know I wouldn’t mind looking like Cheryl Burke, even with the extra five ounces she’s put on over the last few months. In a recent interview with TV Guide, Cheryl spoke candidly about the reasons for her weight gain and why she just doesn’t care about what people say.

The Dancing With the Stars celeb, 24, blames her weight gain on stopping birth control. “I decided over the summer to stop taking birth control pills. I did it thinking that I was going to lose more weight for the season.  But it actually did the opposite. It made me gain weight.”

She denies she is an emotional eater. “If anything, when I am stressed or emotional, I don’t eat,” she says. These days, she says she is done being bullied about her figure.

“At the end of the day, I really love to dance,” she says. “It makes me want to go out there and just shut everyone up.” [Source]

Photo Credit: Fame Pictures

Nicole Richie seems to be taking her weight in stride these days. She managed not to hate herself through her pregnancy and now she’s pregnant again so she must really be OK with gaining some chub. That’s the good news. The bad news is that she’s equally OK with wasting away to a skeletal size negative whatever.

In a recent interview with UK Glamour, Nicole brushed off remembrances of her scary-skinny phase like so much dandruff on a bony shoulder—which she would undoubtedly brush off with a bit more self-loathing.

“People get 10lb heavier, 10lb lighter, but 10lb is a lot on me. People do it all the time. Get a little too heavy, get a little too thin. And I had a moment when I was too thin. But I don’t think that’s much different to anyone else,” she said. [Source]

It’s not much different than anyone else caught up in the Hollywood thin machine but for the real world, yeah, it’s different, honey.

We should all have Katie Holmes’ problem. The stick-thin Scientologist has been looking pretty gaunt lately and she’s blaming her debut gig on Broadway for causing the rapid weight loss. Here’s what Katie had to say in a recent interview in Hello! Magazine:

“My metabolism was in full gear the whole time,” she tells Hello! “I lose weight fast when I’m working so hard. It doesn’t matter how much I eat, I just get thin. It’s not the worst problem in the word to have, though, now is it?” she adds. [Source]

In her defense, eight shows a week is killer and I wouldn’t be surprised if she sweat out most of that weight—it was her Broadway debut after all. New York Times theater critics might be easy on Hollywood stars, but New York audiences are a totally different story.

Photo Credit: Fame Pictures

Jessica Simpson has re- engaged the services of  her former personal trainer Mike Alexander because she just can’t resist the temptation of junk food. A source said:

‘She just can’t resist junk food. She literally needs to be watched all the time. Jessica has a problem with binge eating, which is usually triggered by stress.’

The ‘Pray out Loud‘ singer- whose apparently fuller appearance was slammed after she was photographed wearing unflattering high-waisted jeans recently - has embarked on a rigorous fitness regime with Mike Alexander in a bid to control her junk food cravings.

Jessica’s most recent violation was when she gratified herdself with the terrible trio of chicken wings, nachos and alcohol at the Great Dane Pub in Madison, Wisconsin. The 28-year-old blonde beauty - who is currently dating American football star Tony Romo - recently unveiled that she is launching a range of dresses to make all women feel sexy. She said:

‘I know what flatters a woman, and trust me, I’ve been judged a lot in my life. By now I know what works if you’re curvy. If my clothing and accessories make you feel great and let you walk proud and tall - in big, big platform shoes - then I’m happy.’

Jamie-Lynn Sigler, known to all as Tony Soprano’s clueless, spoiled daughter Meadow, is heading back to her home channel of HBO and appearing as a guest star on “Entourage.” We’ve all see the show. Those boys aren’t exactly evolved when it comes to choosing their ladies–they like ‘em hot, fit and chesty. But it doesn’t appear that Jamie-Lynn is letting her testosterone-addled cast mates define her image of what makes a woman beautiful. Jamie Lynn, who struggled with anorexia, told OK! Magazine that she’s developed a healthy take on how to deal with her weight.

“I don’t think you should feel pressure. I think you should do what’s best for you in a healthy way where you’re going to feel best. I mean, look, we’re all different shapes and sizes. We can’t change our skeletal makeup to look like somebody else. I do think you should be happy with who you are and unique with who you are. That’s what’s going to get you further.”

Jamie-Lynn also joined the long list of lovely ladies jumping to the defense of Jessica Simpson, who continues to be harassed about her recent weight gain.

“I think that was incredibly unfair,” Jamie Lynn says. “To me, I think she looks great if you look at her. If that’s overweight by someone’s standards, then they’re clearly not thinking straight.” [Source]

Go girl power. Ra!

Photo Credit: Fame Pictures

Being a mommy seems to agree with Jessica Alba. In a February Elle interview, Jessica’s head appears firmly planted on her shoulders. Not only does she talk candidly about how difficult it was for her to lose weight after the birth of her baby, Honor Marie, but she also discusses the rank nature of the Hollywood thin machine:

ELLE: You don’t think being beautiful and thin has helped you?

JA: You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.

ELLE: True, but it’s hard to name an A-lister who’s not sample-size.

JA: It’s interesting that A-list also means commercially viable, versus being Frances McDormand, who’s amazing and A-list to me but doesn’t sell as many tickets.

She also discusses her post-partum workout regimen and a rather unorthodox solution to pesky belly flab.

“I wore a girdle. Eight weeks after my girlfriend had her baby, you could see her six-pack. She told me to put an elastic band around my waist—any kind of band or girdle works. She was like, ‘I slept in it.’ I didn’t recover as fast as she did. I don’t have a six pack—that’s just not my body at all.” [Source]

It’s gone from bad to worse for Lindsay Lohan over the last few days. Weight loss, drug relapses and domestic squabbling have taken over the young starlet’s life. My question: where are the reality TV cameras? Which network dropped the ball on this one? If I were in development at VH1 or MTV, I’d have been shooting “Lindsay Lohan’s Big Fat Mess” since September. Sadly, I am not a cable TV honcho or I’d be raking in the millions right now. Sadder still, Lindsay has apparently entered the realm of the super-scary-skinny-and-depressed.

Insiders say Lindsay’s weight has dropped from 61 kilos to 43 kilos within the past few months, which, at 5ft 6 makes her seriously underweight according to her BMI.

“She looks horribly unhealthy,” said a friend, who adds that LiLo’s pals are blaming a ‘skinny pact’ with Samantha Ronson for the rapid weight loss. “Lindsay is obsessed with her weight.”

And if that’s not bad enough, apparently she’s cutting herself too:

Spotted out partying almost every night - favouring travelling with Sam to her DJ gigs and sitting in the booth over staying out of the spotlight to repair her image - Lindsay has become a source of major worry for her close friends and family, after one insisted the actress is cutting herself, saying, “She has fresh scars on her wrists.” [Source]

Oh Lindsay, if it wasn’t so dang much fun watching ex-Disney child actors self-destruct, I’d probably stage an intervention on your behalf.

Photo Credit: Fame Pictures