Female Beauty

The Tops World’s Sexiest Women, Keira Knightley has denied media reports of weight problems at the European premiere of her new movie ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’.  The 21-year-old actress, who arrived at the premiere in London wearing a gold Gucci dress slashed to the waist, said: “Whatever people say about my weight they are all wrong.”  The ‘Pride and Prejudice’ actress, who was Oscar-nominated for her performance as Elizabeth Bennett, also said: “Hollywood is all about the way you look and I don’t think that’s the healthy thing for anyone,” she said. “But if you’re strong and comfortable with yourself then you’re going to be fine.”

Keira Knightley told the reporters on Tuesday that she is “quite sure” she doesn’t suffer from the eating disorder and that she was surprised to even be questioned about it.  Keira said: “They (press) said to me yesterday ‘How does it feel to be called anorexic?’ and I had no idea that I was.” and she added: “I can safely say that I’m not,” she said. “I’ve got a lot of experience with anorexia - my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at school who suffered from it, so I know it’s not something to be taken lightly and I don’t. But I don’t have it, I am very sure of that.”

Even so, photographs of Keira Knightley are often posted as “thinspiration” on Websites and blogs primarily frequented by young women struggling with eating disorders, who see the actress’ rail-thin physique as ideal. (Other celebrities often cited as “thinspiration” include Mary-Kate Olsen and Nicole Richie, both of whom have acknowledged battling eating disorders.) . However, Knightley has said she has no interest in being a role model for her young fans.  “I reject being a role model for a young person,” she said. “I think it’s completely ridiculous, the idea that you put someone up there and say, ‘That’s how you should behave.”

Apart from her star turn in the second Pirates film, which opens in Irish cinemas on Friday, 7 July, Knightley is the new face of Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle fragrance, for which she will begin appearing in print and TV ads next year.
Knightley was joined by co-stars Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom for last night’s premiere in London, will also star in the third film in the Pirates franchise and in Atonement, the big-screen adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel by the same name.

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