Cheryl Cole was under doctors orders to gain weight after her malaria hell
Cheryl Cole InStyle Magazine Interview (Pic:Nino Munoz/copyright InStyle)
SHE certainly cuts the mustard in these stylish outfits and now Cheryl Cole has revealed the secret to her sexy curves.
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In her first major interview this year, the newly blonde beauty puts it all down to her brush with death.
The Girls Aloud star, 28, tells how she was under doctors orders to gain weight after her malaria hell and says: I just ate everything. The malaria also ate away at my muscles, but lets not get grim it opened my eyes to health and things I hadnt focused on before.
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Its now less about work, work, work and more about making time to chill and be with my friends and family.
Cheryls still smiling despite the stress of her doomed stint on X Factor USA and her spell in intensive care after being struck down by the bug ! during a trip Tanzania last year.
I was yellow because of my kidneys it was a bit like jaundice, she says, before joking: It was hard to find a matching foundation, let me tell you!
I had to take good care of myself and I was told to stop exercising and to gain weight to get well.
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Cheryl Cole's 1960's-style shoot for InStyle magazine
And despite these sizzling shots, Cheryl insists shes happiest in her PJs and comfy slippers rather than designer dresses.
Going on to talk about her replacement judge on the UK X Factor panel, she said of Tulisa: You know whats funny? People are surprised I say Ill be watching and that Im a fan of Tulisas, but all they know is what they read in the gossip magazines and it tends to be crap.
They base their opinion on something they have no knowledge of. They dont know the facts and it drives me mad.
* For the full Cheryl Cole interview see the December issue of InStyle, on sale Thursday.
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