WHEN singer Cheryl Fernandez Versini was a judge on The X Factor last year it was hard to miss the fact that she was terribly thin.
She looked drawn facially and painfully delicate which caused public comment and lively debate about the influence of celebrities’ appearance. Famous people “sign” an unwritten pact when they become well-known that they are also role models for the young in particular. They may wish to pick and choose the bits of celebrity that suit them but they have to acknowledge this particular truth and act accordingly.
Now, we discover it was a miserable marriage that made her so thin. She has divorced her husband and has a new love, One Direction singer Liam Payne. She is rumoured to be pregnant but either way she currently looks much healthier. I’m sure people wish her well – and a positive weight message goes out which makes everyone content.
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