American Idol alum Katharine McPhee is on the cover of the February issue of Shape magazine. In the issue she opens up to readers about her past struggles with bulimia and how she got herself on track. She said that when she used to be so focused on weight  it made her bulimia even worse. But she decided to become more forgiving of her body, a little more easy going and she began to exercise regularly.  By not dieting and only exercising she has become a healthy person again. She said,

“At my last physical, the nurse took my vitals and said, ‘Wow, you must be taking care of yourself! Your blood pressure is perfect. You’re very healthy.’ Hearing her say that made me feel better than seeing an ‘ideal’ number on the scale.”

With her new blonde locks and great abs she appears to be happy and in good health.

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Just a couple of weeks ago Stephanie Pratt was on the cover of US Magazine stating that being on The Hills made her bulimic.  Oddly enough, this week she’s telling Ok! Magazine that all the tabloid talk is pure rumor.  She even suggested being on The Hills didn’t cause her bulimia but saved her from it, something she had struggled with since junior high.  She said,

“I should have died a million times,” Stephanie told OK! at the launch of the Charlotte Russe fall collection in NYC.

She continues,

“I was just partying, trying to fulfill this emptiness that I had for no reason,” she admitted.  ”[In the reports], it says that I’m on The Hills and I’m throwing up. But what the hell am I doing? I’m living a dream life right now, you know,” she explained. “I got myself out of it, I got help.”

Hmmm?  Regardless of the fact that Ok! and US Magazines are rivals, one would think that the reality star would get her story straight.  Perhaps she had to speak out in order to save her reputation/job as a reality star considering their stardom is short-lived in comparison to A-list and B-list celebrities.  Wonder what tabloid she’ll speak with next week?

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Chantelle Houghton won Celebrity Big Brother back in 2006, since then she’s had small roles on television and continues to do fashion modeling.  Even though she’s rolling in the dough these days she admitted to the Daily Mail that she still has skeletons in the closet when it comes to her eating disorder.  She even admitted that at one time she was drinking 12.5 liters of water a day just to fill her stomach and curb her appetite.  She confessed,

“It’s a constant battle with my weight, and I’ll always have an issue with it,” she said.  ”I have tried every diet there is, from body wraps and the Special K diet to just drinking water, but I know I have to eat healthily and go to the gym, because that’s the only thing that works.”

In the above photo, she stripped down for Heat Magazine to show how she is curvier now and is coming to grips with having a normal body instead of being rail thin.

“I know I look better being curvier, but I put pressure on myself. I know I didn’t look healthy and I’d never want to be that skinny again, ever.  I was making myself sick a lot, so food was just coming straight back out of me.  I was obsessed from the minute I woke up in the morning until the minute I went to bed. I was constantly watching what I was eating. Food was always on my mind.”

Chantelle has now given up modeling and is striving to healthy and happy with who she is.

Other stars who have battled bulimia include Stephanie Pratt and Kelly Clarkson.

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America’s Next Top Model contestant, London Levi, spoke with E! Online about her experiences on the show and her surprising weight gain while filming.  Most girls on the show lose weight as the weeks go by as they struggle to stay in the competition but London actually gained 15 pounds.  She explained,

“When I went to the competition, I was recovering from an eating disorder, so my self-confidence was already kind of shaky because of my experience with my problem beforehand.  And, I’m pretty sure it did show in my photo shoots.”

London said that she suffered from eating disorders all through junior high and high school up until shortly before starting America’s Next Top Model.

“I never realized how long I’d had it until I talked to someone professionally,” she says. “But it never got supersevere until my senior year in high school, which was actually just this past year. This past year up until right before I went on to the show is when it got most severe.”

On the episode she was eliminated one of the judges, Jay Manuel, pulled London aside and asked her why she was gaining weight because he was shocked to see how she gained it so quickly.  London responded,

“My body just keeps gaining weight, and it really is freaking me out because I don’t feel comfortable at this weight. Coming into this, I felt a lot more confident, a lot more beautiful, and I just need to lose weight in a healthy way.”

At the end of the interview London explained that she hopes to continue modeling even though she was eliminated but she hopes to someday become a youth minister.