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Another Reason

I so like Keira Knightly. I find her incredibly refreshing in amongst all the vapid starlets out there. Here's another reason to like her:

My flat chest is a turn-off

Much has been made of Keira Knightley's slender frame and relatively flat chest.

Indeed, Keira herself has spoken openly of not having breasts, but 'pecs', and said that she would die for a curvy body like Scarlett Johansson's.

But in an extraordinarily revealing interview, the actress has told of how American audiences view her rather differently.

The 21-year-old star of the Pirates of the Caribbean films has spoken of her bemusement at being surgically enhanced by computer trickery in promotional material publicising her films in the US.

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She explained: 'I did one magazine and found out you're not actually allowed to be on a cover in the US without at least a C cup because it turns people off.

'Apparently they have done market research and found that women want to see no less than a C cup on other women. Isn't that crazy? 'So they made my t*** bigger for that as well.'

Miss Knightley's comments will be seen as refreshingly honest in an industry fettered by publicists and agents watching every word. the actress has an agent, but unusually, no publicist.

A hearty amen! from scrawny women everywhere! I swear, it's nice to see a celebrity with a healthy body image.

Posted by Ithildin at July 13, 2006 6:56 PM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE