Tag — weight gain

Beyoncé is on the cover of the Vogue ‘Shape’ issue this month.  The mega-star talked about everything from romance, the music biz, her acting career and even weight.  When Beyoncé starred in Cadillac Records she revealed she had to put on 20 pounds, and for the movie Dreamgirls she had to loose loads of weight.  Some critics criticized her work on Dreamgirls claiming that she wasn’t very convincing but in Cadillac Records she stole the show.  She said,

“Darnell (the director) brought something out in me, and I think it was because she’s a woman, and once again, kind of like with my band, we just had a connection, and we understood each other. She knew how to talk to me, and I knew what she meant.”

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Oprah Winfrey, an inspiration for women around the globe, still struggles with her roller coaster weight gains and losses. It seems just like yesterday when we saw her at a healthy 160 pounds in 2006. But once again, Oprah has put on weight and she confessed in the January issue of her “O Magazine” that she has gained 20 pounds over the past couple of years and she now weighs 200 pounds. This weight, combined with her height, gave her a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 31.8 and according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention this is considered not just overweight, but obese. [Read more →]

Who can forget just a few years ago when Jessica Simpson sported skimpy cut-off jean shorts and sassy red boots when she starred as Daisy Duke in the remake movie of “The Dukes of Hazard?” Time has passed since then and the older and wiser Jessica has learned to embrace her womanly features and now sports a more healthy and voluptuous body. [Read more →]

Fergie, the pop diva with the international sensation Black-Eyed Peas, had to gain weight for her soon to be released movie, “Nine.” Normally, you can always find the fabulous Fergie out running or walking her dog, as she is prone to gaining weight and has to be careful. However, for her role as a prostitute in “Nine” she packed on 13 pounds and decided to live it up by eating anything and everything during filming and eliminating exercise from her daily routine. [Read more →]