Bootylicious Bodies! 25 Stars Who Are Curvy And Proud

When it comes to her figure Drew Barrymore has never apologized for not being the size zero, Hollywood ideal. The 38-year-old mom-of-one once told Elle: “I’d rather be a few pounds heavier and enjoy life than be worried all the time.”

Salma Hayek has blasted Hollywood for putting pressure on actresses to be unnaturally thin. Making no apologies for her size the Mexican beauty said last year: “I am on the limit of chubbiness because I love my food and my wine…I am happy because I eat.”

She is the daughter of one of the most voluptuous Hollywood pinups of all time – the late Jayne Mansfield. So Mariska Hargitay is making no excuses for her sexy shape. The 49-year-old mom-of-three told Ladies’ Home Journal: “I love my curves because they scream: ‘I’m a mama!’”

Screen siren Eva Mendes once told the U.K. edition of Marie Claire that she accepts and loves her voluptuous figure. She said: “I love my curves and I embrace them.” But she does admit that she has to “walk a fine line” because sometimes her body shape makes certain clothes look “distasteful.”

Love it or loathe it Kate Upton’s figure has made her a household name and a two-time Sports Illustrated cover girl. But the 21-year-old blonde has a message to the online commentators who says she is fat. She told Vogue: “I love my body. It’s what God gave me!”

Scarlett Johansson has always had a refreshing attitude to being rounder than the Hollywood norm – even when she was just 21. In an interview with InStyle back in 2006 she said: “I’m curvy – I’m never going to be 5’ 11” and 120 pounds. But I feel lucky to have what I’ve got.”

Mad Men actress Christina Hendricks recently revealed that she got her voluptuous shape after gaining weight while working as a model in Italy. The 38-year-old put on 15 pounds eating pasta and drinking cappuccinos. She says: “I loved how it changed my appearance and how it made me look more womanly and sexy.”

Back when she really was Jenny From The Block, Jennifer Lopez’s neighborhood nickname was La Guitarra – because of her guitar-shaped body. The 43-year-old singer has always celebrated her curves and even said she once fired a manager for telling her to lose weight. She told Glamour: “I was just so infuriated that somebody said you couldn’t have a little extra meat on you…”

The Hips Don’t Lie singer doesn’t just shake them. She appreciates them. Shakira told Self: “I'm quite proud of my rear.” The 36-year-old then added: “I think men appreciate confidence more than perfection.”

Kate Winslet has always been a champion of girls with a bit of extra meat on them. In a 2003 interview with British GQ she said: “All I know from the men I’ve ever spoken to is…they like girls to have an arse on them.” So the actress was understandably upset when the cover shot of her was so airbrushed that she later said: “I can tell…they’ve reduced the size of my legs by about a third.”

Her weight has fluctuated over the years but Christina Aguilera says that she embraces her womanly figure. In a 2012 interview with Lucky, the singer said: “The challenge I’ve always had is being too thin so I love that now I have a booty and obviously I love showing my cleavage.”

British pinup-turned-actress Kelly Brook is famed for her figure. In an interview with the U.K’s Women’s Fitness, the 33-year-old said that having a “bit of meat on my bones” makes her feel sexier. She also revealed that she shuns diets for sensible eating.

Rapper Nicki Minaj is so worried that she’ll lose her curvy figure that she deliberately avoids working out. In an interview with Marie Claire the 30-year-old said: “I tried it for a time. I lost my boobs.”

She may have lost 70 pounds after giving birth to her two-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan but Mariah Carey never lost her curves. And she never misses an opportunity to flaunt them. The singer frequently wears figure-hugging outfits in her music videos and for stage performances.

Her fans, Twitter and Instagram followers – and just casual observers – all know that Rihanna loves her curves. She posts “selfies” of her bum and cleavage online all the time. In 2011 she told Vogue: “I just feel sexy…I don’t want to get rid of the curves.”

American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson makes no apologies for her shape. In an interview with Britain’s Heat magazine she recently said: “I love my body…I’m never trying to lose weight.”

She was once a Jenny Craig spokesperson and even lost weight following the plan. But Queen Latifah has never been skinny or embarrassed about her size. She once told Glamour: “I realized long ago that something I did not want to be measured by was my waistline.”

The word hourglass could have been invented for her. Burlesque star Dita Von Teese loves her curves so much she worries she is getting too thin and might be losing them. She said earlier this year: “I wish I were a little curvier.”

She was recently on the cover of Women’s Running, but actress Jennifer Love Hewitt admits that – while she enjoys the exercise – she does it in moderation. The 34-year-old, who recently announced her pregnancy, said: “I don’t think you want to run your curves off, because then you’re just not yourself.”

Model Tyra Banks once went on her talk show and told her fat-shamming critics to kiss her “fat ass.” Ironically the 39-year-old went on to lose some weight but she tells Us Weekly that – when she was thinner – she told herself: “That doesn’t look good. I need some ass.”

There was a time when Kim Kardashian was best known for two things – a leaked sex tape and her voluptuous derriere. In 2008 she told King magazine she that she loves her famous asset, which she attributes to her Armenian roots. Kardashian said: “I’m not gonna fight it…I’m proud of my body.”

Beyoncé embraces her curves so much she reportedly wouldn’t let H&M airbrush them out of the promotional photos she took for the chain’s swimwear line. A source told British newspaper The Sun: “When Beyoncé found out they had edited the way her body really looked, she hit the roof.”

Jessica Simpson is often pilloried in the press for her weight, even during her two pregnancies. In 2010 she told Lucky magazine that she has learned to “embrace her hourglass figure.” She said: “It’s about making peace with yourself.”

Her own mother once slammed her for piling on the pounds but reality TV star Khloe Kardashian says she loves her shape and even thinks she’s sexier with a little meat on her bones. She told Glamour: “I’m happy with myself if I’m a little heavier.”

Modern Family star Sofia Vergara is known as much for her wacky sense of her humor and her thick Colombian accent as she is for her curves. Last year she told Esquire: “In Colombia everybody’s very voluptuous and you’re supposed to be. You don’t want to be skinny when all of your cousins are mermaids.”