Wednesday, 8 July 2009

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Cheryl Cole: I'm gaining weight

As she celebrates her birthday, Cheryl shows that her stick thin days are behind her

Cheryl seems happy with her new size

Cheryl Cole pleased millions of her adoring fans by displaying her fabulous new figure at her 26th birthday on 30 June.

Wearing a £4,000 sheer, fringed Alexander McQueen minidress and £495 patent nude Christian Louboutin heels, Cheryl shared a quiet meal with husband Ashley , 28, and mum Joan, 49, at London’s May Fair Hotel, then joined a host of guests at trendy club Vanilla to party.

This included fellow X Factor judges Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh, plus X Factor winner Alexandra Burke and Cheryl’s bandmates Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh.

It’s thought that 5ft 3in Cheryl is back up to 8st after dropping to nearly 6st earlier this year. She may have found new confidence, but it’s not surprising that she’s haunted by memories of being ‘fat’ in the early days of Girls Aloud.

In January, she told Vogue: ‘I remember taking these size 28[inch-waists] into the changing room
in Selfridges and not being able to get them on and then getting on the scales and crying because I was 9½st.’

See the full story about Cheryl Cole in Now magazine dated 13 July 2009 - out now!