[Red Moon]

I'm proud of my curves,' says X Factor's Laura White as she reveals Cheryl fed her up with doughnuts

Laura White has admitted she was hurt by criticism of her appearance on X Factor, but insists she's proud of her Size 12 curves.

The singer's image came under fire from judges Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh before her shock elimination.

She says: 'I’m a 21-year-old girl, and being told there’s a problem with my appearance in front to f 12 million viewers was horrible.'

'No one ever directly mentioned my weight, but it did make me worry a bit.

But the 5ft 4in former contestant, who is 32F cup, refuses to diet for the music industry.

'I’m healthy and normal. I’ll always have big boobs and curves, and I’m fine with that!'

Laura also revealed that her former mentor Cheryl would regularly surprise the girls with sweets.

She told Closer magazine: 'She was always dropping treats off at the house for us, like doughnuts.'

Laura insists Cheryl enjoyed tucking in too: 'Everyone speculates about Cheryl and her diets, but I’ve seen her eating crisps and pizza. She doesn’t hold back.

'She’s absolutely tiny, so she must just be lucky with her metabolism.'

Meanwhile, more than 40,000 fans signed a petition to have Laura reinstated on the show.

However, judge Dannii Minogue said the move would be 'unfair'.

The 37-year-old said: 'I don’t think It’d be fair on the other contestants – and it just highlights the points that you need to vote for who you like.

'If people had voted for Laura, and not assumed she was safe, she wouldn’t have been in that position.

'On the plus side, there are people in competitions like this who stand out and do amazingly afterwards, like Lemar – and I think Laura will have a long career.'

Laura had been the favourite to win the talent contest, but was booted out after judges Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell failed to save her.

Instead, Ruth Lorenzo, 25, was kept in the competition.

Dannii, who is Ruth's mentor in the over-25s category, added: 'I was incredibly proud of Ruth winning that vote though. She's a fighter.

'The Laura debacle has highlighted that anything can happen each week. Now Laura’s gone, the main Team Minogue competition is Diana and Alexandra – they’re great.'

Organisers of the petition backing Laura White have urged Ofcom to start an investigation into voting procedures on the show.

They made a formal complaint to the broadcasting watchdog, saying there has been a lack of transparency in X Factor voting and that viewers have complained they could not get through to vote for the aspiring star.

But a spokesman for the X Factor refused to reveal voting figures while the competition is still going on, and insisted there were no problems with the phone lines or voting system in the week of Laura's exit.

Culture Secretary Andy Burnham even waded into the row, telling MPs that the 'wonderful and talented' singer had been 'harshly' treated by the judges.

Support for Laura has been echoed by pop band McFly, who told Closer magazine that they could not believe she had been voted off the show.

Lead guitarist, Danny Jones, 22, said: 'I want to sign her to our record company. She was my favourite of this series – she’s got a bit of grit in her voice and I like ballsy music.

'She just *********g goes for it – not in a cheesy way either. And like me, she’s from Bolton, so that makes her even better!'

Some have suggested that it was Laura's apparent relationship with TV executive Matthew Firsht, rather than her signing, that turned fans off.

Reports had claimed Firsht, 38, was a TV executive from the show, but White denied the allegations.

She told reporters at a press conference: 'He had no involvement in the show. I'd only been seeing him for four months anyway so that's why I never spoke about it. It's private and I'm a private person.'

Firsht has organised audiences for the weekly live programme through his company Applause Store.

Source: Daily Mail

[Tom]

Maybe Cheryl could feed herself some doughnuts

[Jackie]

She should be proud of her curves.