THE Duchess of Cambridge has become a "role model" on dangerous US pro-anorexia websites because of her continued weight loss.

Once a healthy size 10-12, Kate, whose waist is now so tiny she managed to make super-thin Hollywood star Nicole Kidman look dumpy during a recent dinner event in California, is now estimated to be a UK size 4, known as size 0 in the US.

While the Duchess has always been slim, sources have told The Daily Mail that much of her wardrobe has been altered because she has become more slender.

Yesterday friends said the Duchess would be "horrified" to learn that she was being hailed as a success story on "pro ana" websites.

"Kate is very slender but she certainly doesn’t have an eating disorder," a friend said.

"She’ll be horrified that she is on these sites. Yes, she has lost weight but that’s largely down to the stress she has been under and all the travelling she has done recently."




The Duchess’s athletic sister Pippa, who runs marathons, also features on some of the "pro-ana" sites but it is Kate whose weight loss is the subject of forum debates with young women wanting to know the secret to her shrinking waist.

One post asks: "Is anyone else sort of getting hacked off by how much weight Kate Middleton is losing?

"I mean I’m happy for her and all, getting married . . . but I am very jealous. I swear she used to be really quite chubby during her uni days."

The sites also chart Kate’s weight loss with photographs from her university days to more recent pictures of her on tour when she is noticeably slimmer.

Celebrities such as Victoria Beckham and Mary-Kate Olsen are also cited as role models on the sites.

While a spokesman for the Duchess declined to comment, the UK eating disorders organisation Beat described the websites as "dangerous".

"They frequently encourage people to believe that eating disorders are a lifestyle choice and not the serious mental illness that they truly are,’ a spokesman said.

CURVY Kim Kardashian showed off her derriere in a beautiful white wedding dress that hugged her famous figure

The Vera Wang number was tight around her body and then flared out to accentuate her body. The reality television star got hitched to NBA basketball player Kris Humphries at a private estate in Montecito, California last night in front of hundreds of guests. Athletic Kris looked smart in a Ermenegildo Zegna tuxedo.Kim's sisters, Khloé, Kendall, Kylie and the groom's sister Kaela all wore beautiful ivory dresses which were described as "very Pippa" Middleton in US reports.

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Inspired ... bridesmaids' outfits echoed the royal wedding

Lindsay Lohan glammed up for the nuptials in a floor length low-cut white frock, with a 60s-inspired hair do with soft fringe.

 

She was accompanied by her mum Dina and sister Ali.

Other guests included Brody Jenner, Avril Lavigne, Eva Longoria, Mel B, Ciara and Serena Williams.

Excited Eva tweeted on Friday: "So excited for @kimkardashian wedding tomorrow!"

And on Saturday, Mel B wrote: "getting my 'hair did' for my friends big wedding today,can't wait,i no i'm gonna cry fro happiness for her,yippee!!"

Model dumps flirty Prince Harry

End of the affair ... model Florence Brudenell-Bruce calls it quits with Prince Harry and his "wandering eye". Photo: Getty Images

Prince Harry's latest romance with a blonde lingerie model ended because of the royal's wandering eye, a British tabloid says.

Widespread media reports in recent months matched the red-headed grandson of the Queen with 25-year-old Florence Brudenell-Bruce.

However the pairing has ended and it was her decision, the Sunday Mirror newspaper reports, contradicting previous comments from royal sources that it was the prince who called it off.

 

 

Lucien Laviscount burst into tears as he discussed his feelings for fellow Celebrity Big Brother housemate Amy Childs

As the Celebrity Big Brother housemates carried out their Ancient Egypt task in honour of guest housemate Mohamad Al-Fayed's presence yesterday, sparks were flying between Lucien and Amy.
While the pair chatted in their pharaoh get-up, Lucien admitted to Amy that he 'falls to pieces' around her, but denied fancying her, leaving the The Only Way Is Essex star looking confused.
Lucien was then seen talking about his feelings for Amy to Darryn, telling the paparazzo: 'I just think she's an amazing girl. I can't stop thinking about her, honest to God.'
And as Amy walked into the room and interrupted their conversation, the actor burst into tears, but managed to squeeze an accidental smile out through the tears.
Amy then appeared to twig that Lucien's feelings might not be as sincere as he was making out, saying: 'This is a wind-up, isn't it?'
Lucien then protested: 'I'll be honest, I did say I fancied you. I think you're hot,' to which Amy replied, 'awkward!' as the the other housemates made a beeline for the bedroom door so they could leave the pair alone.

 

She might be one of Britain’s most beautiful women, but a friend of Cheryl Cole’s former minder has revealed just how insecure the star was.

The former X Factor judge apparently was so anxious about her appearance and weight that she’d go on regular purges to stay slim – as well as smoking ‘at least 20 Marlboro a day’.

‘She did these lemon cleanses where she wouldn’t consume anything except lemon juice and water with a dash of cayenne pepper and maple syrup’, a friend of bodyguard Craig Balkam said.

Craig, 42, had been Cheryl’s minder and bodyguard throughout the 12 months that saw her leave the US X Factor and sign divorce papers from Ashley Cole.

He opened up to a friend about the 28-year-old singer and added that her rigorous fitness regime saw her head down to the gym at 5am to avoid photographers.

‘She became a fan of the Tracey Anderson gym in Studio City in LA.

'Cheryl worked out so hard she ended up getting sore legs’, he told the Sunday Mirror.

He added how she’d continue her workouts in her hotel rooms with fitness videos and was so insecure about her figure that she’d always wear high heels – despite being left with sore feet.

But despite embarking on lemon cleanses to stay trim, the star is said to have had a sweet tooth and at times would binge on sweets from Rocky Mountain Chocolate factory – including caramel apples and marshmallows.

‘She was big on porridge as a healthy way filling up. She liked salads and loved sushi but also liked junk food, hamburgers, subway, popcorn, candy, lots of chocolate.’

Working out: Cheryl Cole leaving the gym in Studio City, LA, in May while she was still a judge on US X Factor

The friend of her former 6ft 3in bodyguard explained how Cheryl hated the celebrity social scene and while in LA would often spend her time watching TV in her hotel room instead of going out.

But she felt ‘like a prisoner’ in her hotel and would often speak of wanting to leave showbusiness and be a ‘normal person’.

The 'down to earth' star was obviously still hung up on Ashley Cole, despite signing divorce papers, and the source said was not very affectionate with Derek Hough throughout their relationship.

‘Derek was keener on her than she was on him… she never showed him any affection in public’, he said.

Puffing away: A friend of her minder said that Cheryl smokes at least 20 Marlboro a day, which would help suppress her appetite

But her bond with rapper Will.i.am was obvious as the two sparked up a close friendship.

Craig Balkam has not spoken to Cheryl since he passed on an email in June to her personal assistant, Lily, regarding concerns about Ashley Cole’s behaviour.

As the Chelsea footballer was trying to woo his ex-wife back, Craig explained how he had behaved inappropriately during a holiday in LA and has not heard from Cheryl since.

But Craig says he has 'no hard feeling's towards Cheryl and wishes her all the best and future happiness.

Former minder: Cheryl Cole pictured with bodyguard Craig Balkam in August 2010 in Los Angeles

love and sex become a means to distract or escape from emotional pain, partner choice becomes skewed. Compatibility becomes based on “whether or not you will leave me,” “how intense our sex life is” or “how I can hook you into staying,

When love and sex become a means to distract or escape from emotional pain, partner choice becomes skewed. Compatibility becomes based on “whether or not you will leave me,” “how intense our sex life is” or “how I can hook you into staying,” rather than mutual compatibility or whether we might truly become intimate and healthy peers, friends and companions.

It can be difficult to understand how the gifts of love and romance can evolve into painfully destructive and compulsive patterns. Yet for the love addicted, romance, sexuality and emotional closeness are experiences more often beset with painful emotional highs and lows than graced by genuine intimacy. Living in a chaotic, desperate internal world of need and emotional despair, romance addicts –these men and women, straight and gay – fear both of being alone and rejected or trapped and stuck in an unhappy relationship.

He or she lives in fear of never finding the one or worse, afraid that when they finally do meet, they themselves will be found unworthy of love. No matter how clever, how smart, how physically attractive or successful, the love addict feels incomplete and haunted by a desire for a fantasy partnership that if fulfilled, would make them complete. In order to achieve their goal relationship addicts will seduction, control, guilt and manipulation to attract and hold onto a romantic or sexual partner, even when unsure whether it is a good match.

Janis, a 27-year-old film student had this to say about her desperate search for love –

Eventually I began to hide my dates. I didn’t want friends to know that I met someone new because so many past times I had said, “he’s the one” and had it not work out that I thought they would laugh at me if I brought yet another guy to the table.

In my desperation I tried dating clubs, speed dating, Internet dating and church dances. Just like the dating books say-I asked everyone I knew to introduce me to someone they could see me dating. And then there were the hobby and recreation groups I joined, ones I didn’t even like, desperately hoping to find him making ceramics, hiking, welding or playing tennis.

When I found someone who felt right I would either have sex right away hoping that would bond us more deeply or avoid sex until we knew each other better thinking that would keep them around. For a while I thought maybe I wasn’t cute or smart enough, later I just blamed the men I dated for being too screwed up. Ultimately it seemed no matter how hard I tried or where I put the blame, I ended up alone.

Over time, my life became more and more about looking for the right guy and less and less about enjoying myself and doing things to make me happy.



Caught up in a constant search for someone to love, the addict’s endless intrigue, flirtations, sexual liaisons and affairs often leave a path of destruction and negative consequences in their wake. Ironically many love addicts have likely already had more than one opportunity for the love and commitment they claim to desire, but in their desperation and narcissism will mistake the intensity of “falling in love” or the drama of problem relationships, for love itself.

Even when dating someone who is safe, stable and appropriate, love addicts can become dissatisfied and anxious.  Appearing bored or unhappy but underneath fearful of an emotional trap, he or she may shove aside a perfectly acceptable mate and/or or start cheating while in perfectly good relationship – looking for yet another new intensity or “love” experience. Therein lies the addictive component of their problem. Struggling to have the relationship that everyone else seems to have and he or she does not, love addicts attempt to resolve these painful circumstances by engaging in even more searching dating and sex.

Addictive relationships are characterized by unhealthy dependency, guilt and abuse. At times despairing of her cycle of unhappy affairs, broken relationships and liaisons, the romance addict may try a “swearing off” period, not unlike the anorexic stage of an eating disorder. She may for a while decide that “not being in the game at all” will solve the problem, only to later find the same issues reappearing whenever reattempting intimacy.

Her denial of the problem can be seen her externalization of the problem, blaming boyfriend after boyfriend for being problematic rather than looking at herself. Like the alcoholic who offers up stressful jobs or financial problems as justification for his excessive drinking, the love addicts’ cycle of dramatic and empty relationships keeps them ever distracted from really taking stock of themselves (or potential partners), making it impossible to gain the insight required for change.