Popstar Jessica Simpson has decided to used “real women” to model her fashion line at this year’s New York Fashion Week.
The voluptuous singer who often finds herself at the receiving end of media criticism for her weight, will use her friends, “real women in real sizes”, instead of models, reported Huffington Post online.
“Jessica Simpson plans to unveil her latest collection for the media at New York Fashion Week in September, but there’s a twist,” said a source close to the Sweetest Sin singer. “Instead of using super-skinny models to showcase her designs, Jessica has decided to send her best friends, real women down the aisle,” said the source.
Simpson has long had issues with her weight, facing harsh comments when she wore a pair of unflattering high-waisted jeans on stage early last year. But it appears that the Dukes of Hazzard star has truly put that behind her and is embracing her new shape. Her TV show The Price of Beauty, has inspired her to be comfortable in her own skin.

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Devgn fined for smoking in Panaji
Panaji: Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn has been fined `100 for smoking in the courtyard of a multiplex in Panaji, the police said on Wednesday.
“The notice will be issued today (Wednesday). We are acting on a complaint filed by the state health department (directorate of health services),” deputy superintendent of police Deu Benaulikar said.
A police official said the complaint was filed by the DHS director Rajnanda Desai after the National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE), an anti-tobacco watchdog NGO, submitted photographs to her office showing the Mumbai-based actor smoking at the INOX multiplex premises.
—IANS