SARAH HARDING must do 10,000 sit-ups a night.

The GIRLS ALOUD singer has been showing off her toned physique while enjoying a romantic break in Barbados with DJ fella TOM CRANE.

Wearing a black bikini with a black sarong wrapped around her waist, she looked ridiculously relaxed as she topped up her tan.

Sarah’s caner reputation isn’t quite so hardcore these days.

She has begun to favour the quiet life, perfering to put her feet up in front of the fire rather than dancing on glass tables.

That’s once she’s got her evening exercise routine out of the way…

Source: The Sun

Convinced she was ugly, Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts used fake tan. Now she’s getting vocal on the danger of sunbeds

Nicola Roberts always felt like the ugly one in Girls Aloud. Partly it was her age – when the group was formed by a reality TV show in 2002, she was only 16 and struggling with the normal insecurities of any teenage girl. Overnight, the red-haired girl from Runcorn was catapulted into the public eye and posing for photo-shoots alongside four preternaturally gorgeous band-mates, including Cheryl Cole. But mostly, Roberts says, she felt ugly because of her pale skin.

“I used to do fake tanning because I was told that I didn’t look great,” she explains. “Being brown is something that people find attractive so I thought at least I could make that piece of the jigsaw fit. The newspapers would always refer to the other girls like ’stunning Sarah [Harding]‘ and I never had that prefix. I wanted that, at 16.”

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Thanks to @tomcrooks, who will be on Nicola’s documentary, the show is set to air on Thursday 4th February at 9.00-10.00pm BBC THREE

The show is about the dangers of sunbeds and tanning and the damage it can do to your skin.

The above picture is a new promotional pic, which you can view in full over on NicolaRoberts.co.uk

Celebrities are joining the Health Secretary in support of a call to ban under 18s using sunbeds in tanning salons.

Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts is due to speak alongside Andy Burnham at the launch of a Private Member’s Bill introduced by Cardiff North MP Julie Morgan.

Ms Morgan says she is “absolutely delighted” Mr Burnham is backing her bill which also wants to see an end to unmanned tanning salons.

“It’s a Bill that’s urgently needed. If you get backing from the Secretary of State there’s that much more chance we’ll get it through,” she explained.

Pop singer Roberts, who is known for her porcelain complexion, is making a documentary about the dangers of the tanning industry. She says she has learned to love her pale skin after years of using fake tan to match her bronzed bandmates.

A study last year discovered around 250,000 11-to-17-year-olds in England were risking skin cancer by using sunbeds.

Mr Burnham said: “The scientific evidence is clear – sunbeds increase your risk of getting skin cancer. It is far too easy for young people to use sunbeds and I am determined to take action to protect them.
I fully support this Bill which will force tanning salons to ban access for people under 18 years old.”

The Bill, which will have its second reading in the House of Commons on January 29, will be launched by Ms Morgan and charity Cancer Research UK.

Source: SkyNews/PA

Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts has landed her own TV show where she will explore how far people will go to get a tan.

The pale singer, 24, who admits to being a ‘tanorexic’ in the past, will discover the dangers folk face by wanting to be orange – as shown in this picture.

She said: “I tried to cover up my insecurities by turning into a big-time tanorexic. I had every product from every range. I needed my fix.”

The show will air on BBC3 this spring.

Source: Daily Star

Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts is following in the footsteps of bandmate Cheryl Cole by landing her own TV show.

But unlike Chezza’s light entertainment fodder, Nic’s new programme will be ultra-serious.

She is shedding light on the dangerous world of “tanorexics” – women who are addicted to tanning products.

The term – coined from anorexia – applies to sufferers who constantly think they look too pale.

Nic, who battled the condition it in the past, will lift the lid on the issue in a BBC3 film.

The star, 24, has previously admitted: “I tried to cover up my insecurities by turning into a big-time tanorexic.

“I had every product from every range. It filled a shelf in my bathroom and no matter how exhausted I was, I needed my fix.”

Source: The Sun

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