Petra Nemcova

Petra Nemcova

Supermodel Petra Nemcova has showed of a new gorgeous curvy figure ditched dieting and swimwear modelling.

The Czech beauty gained 11lb taking her to 10st and a size 12.

Petra had previously admitted to taking laxatives to stay slim. She told Look magazine: "I've gone on so many diets over the years - I just ate vegetables like carrots and tomatoes.

"I went from a just-protein diet to just eating apples to eating no carbs. I took laxatives. I went through it all just to be able to model. I've been very very skinny. I've been a size zero but I'm naturally more curvy."

Petra has swapped modelling for charity work, focusing on her children's foundation Happy Hearts Fund. Friends believe this new outlook may have changed her attitude to food.

A friend said: "Her new focus has made her much more relaxed about her diet. Now she is away from the catwalk she eats what she wants and her natural curves are emerging. She couldn't be happier."