08 January 2013 by Jessica Vince

Daisy Lowe On Being Happy With Her Body: 'Being Skinny Just Doesn't Suit Me'

GALLERY >> Daisy Lowe For Grazia's Happy Body Issue

The new issue of Grazia is extra special. If you're anything like us, you're vowing to lose half your body weight and trasnform into Miranda Kerr by February. But, if we're honest, extreme resolutions are not only unrealistic and boring, they can also leave you feeling worse about yourself that you did before. Which is why the new issue is all about championing the happy body - finding the shape and the size YOU are content with.

Our cover girl Daisy Lowe is a great example and in our exclusive interview with Shane Watson, the model tells us how she has railed against the pressures to be an uber-stick-thin model to discover the (let's face it, rather gorgeous) figure she is comfortable with. Wearing a black lace two-piece by Dolce & Gabbana on our shoot, Daisy looks fit, but she’s also soft and rounded, a healthy looking 24-year-old woman whose figure appeals beyond the fashion bubble. Besides modelling for everyone from Chanel to Biba, Vivienne Westwood and Agent Provocateur, in 2011 she appeared topless in Esquire and naked on the cover of Playboy.

‘There have definitely been moments when I have been very upset at some shoot when the clothes didn’t fit, and you feel horrendous about yourself,' she tells us. 'I can sit here and say “I love being curvy” but of course there are pressures to be thinner. Stick you next to a fifteen year old Russian model doing the shows and (she grabs at her bare thighs) these look like thunder thighs!’

Go behind-the-scenes on our exclusive shoot with Daisy below...

For more from Daisy and to see our full Body Happy shoot, pick up the new issue of Grazia - out now

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Martina Steiner (Wed Jan 09 13:14:02 GMT 2013): she looks stunning, and there should be more role models for girls like she is and more photoshoots in magazines with girls of her weight. no cara delevigne and other anorectic looking girls. This girl is in great shape she's thin but not super thin, the healthy thin you achieve with healthy lifestyle, little bit of sport and that's important to teach young girls!

Simon Young (Fri Jan 11 10:58:52 GMT 2013): Oh yeah she's not at all skinny. SHE IS SIZE 8.

Masako Nagai (Fri Jan 11 13:36:06 GMT 2013): Porker

Rebecca Stevenson (Fri Jan 11 14:35:54 GMT 2013): uff, if she's curvy, what does that make us normal people who do actually have hips and boobs?

Christine Mcquillan (Fri Jan 11 15:34:53 GMT 2013): what curves?

Richard Lohman (Fri Jan 11 17:42:48 GMT 2013): great gal, great mag.

Paul King (Fri Jan 11 21:15:07 GMT 2013): Stunning.

Mark Ikin (Sat Jan 12 09:02:31 GMT 2013): High five to Daisy, looks just right to me.

Spreadz (Sat Jan 12 20:34:33 GMT 2013): In the preview image (right) she looked like a mermaid with that bra top on & the slinky green skirt!

Neil Anderson (Sun Jan 13 11:13:07 GMT 2013): So the really important things in life I should encourage my daughter to do are: 1. Be curvy (size 8), but not fatass obese (size 10). 2. Wear Dolce & Gabbana. 3. Pose naked in Playboy. Got it, thanks Grazia!

Hannah Supertramp (Mon Jan 14 17:19:21 GMT 2013): I feel like the major arguments in many of these comments are a bit hypocritical. compared to the stereotype of "curvy," no. she doesn't fit the stereotype. she doesn't have a kardashian ass or minaj figure. yes, she is slender, but she doesn't fit the stereotype of "thin." she has rounder hips, fuller bust, and larger thighs than other girls on the main boards of most agencies. what she is saying is that not that she doesn't look like a typical female, rather she doesn't look like a typical ediotrial model; and that's okay. also, instead of arguing who/what should be considered "thin" or "curvy," shouldn't we be lauding daisy lowe for being happy with her body? in a society that markets unattainable "perfection," it's not an easy feat to be comfortable in your own skin.