Beyonc� enjoyed gaining weight for Etta James role

Posted Oct 23rd 2008 at 7:07AM by Cat Lincoln (Subscribe to Cat Lincoln's posts)

The lovely Beyoncé has long been a role model for curvy girls, proudly showing off her bootyliciousness in sexy dresses and revealing costumes.

It was a bit disappointing when she dropped the pounds to play Deena Jones in Dreamgirls, although we were glad she candidly complained that the Master Cleanse diet she used to lose weight was awful.

Now we're thrilled to hear her openly talking about putting on 15 pounds to play Etta James in the upcoming Cadillac Records. She tells People that it was much easier, and more fun, to put on the weight. Oh, don't we know it!

We think she looks amazing as Etta, and fabulous as herself. She fills out a dress with old school style and glamor, and of course you know we totally covet her wig collection.

Beyonce works the curves and wigs

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Tags: beyonce, cadillac records, CadillacRecords, celebrity, deena jones, DeenaJones, dreamgirls, etta james, EttaJames, master cleanse, MasterCleanse, weight, wig collection, WigCollection

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Viv 10-24-2008 @ 6:51AM

What is wrong with the way she looks? She looks awesome. This IS what a normal woman looks like. If only I could look that good.

Bill 10-24-2008 @ 7:03AM

To play the role of Etta James (a woman of some girth) Beyounce needs to put on weight. Now, I hope that she can Sing like Etta.

cody 10-24-2008 @ 7:32AM

she looks even hotter, i love women with a little meat on them

Bob 10-24-2008 @ 1:01PM

Amen to that brother!!!

Netta 10-24-2008 @ 7:49AM

I think she looks great...not fat at all. She had gone on the Master Cleanse before to lose weight and I felt she looked lousy. Now she looks glowy

I am a woman of color and am now in shapes, with curves and some meat on my bones. I look healthy, eat welll and not like a bag of bones.

I strive to eat healthy and lead by example for my daughters. I eat flax every morning for health and weight loss reasons. I have the same breakfast now every day. I recently lost 30 pounds following the weight watchers program http://www.weightwatchers.com and I now just
am more watchful every day of what I eat. I have a banana low fat yogurt with golden roasted flax for breakfast every day. It is filling, keeps me regular and tastes fabulous (kinda like sesame seeds). My Weight Watchers leader recommended fitflax to me and it definitely helped
the last 10 pounds to melt off. It is low carb and low cal. It is a flax and chia blend and I think I read about it in O mag. They also listed a code to get 15% off. The site is http://www.fitflax.com and the code for 15% off is FIT15

j 10-24-2008 @ 9:09AM

She looks like a cow!

Dia8ca 10-24-2008 @ 9:20AM

I am a 60 year old white grandma, honey, and if she's a cow,
I want to MOOOO like that!!!!!!

Scarpelli 10-24-2008 @ 9:53AM

Hey, I could work that 15 pounds off of her in a weekend...

Grant 10-24-2008 @ 9:33AM

Beyonce looks fantastic! She is obviously secure in her own skin. For me, that is the first thing I always looked for in women and relationships. I am so thankful that my wife has has control of her own mind and is secure with herself. That's why she's my wife and I love her dearly for it. Jay-Z is one lucky dude!

Herbert Boone 10-24-2008 @ 4:58PM

WHO WUZ SKINNY?

steve 10-24-2008 @ 10:20AM

I think she looked far hotter when she was thinner...Just a man's view point.

dAne 10-24-2008 @ 10:47AM

steve this is just your man's viewpoint, you can't speak for every other man, most men like a little meat on their women unless the men are lacking in certain places then they prefer the really skinny women

Lynn 10-24-2008 @ 11:11AM

I think she looks GREAT . To many people send the wrong message to young women that everone has to be a size 2 . Men really prefer women with some meat on thier bones .

Teresa 10-24-2008 @ 11:15AM

Can't wait to hear her sing "At Last" Of course she won't be able to beat Etta's original!

getwau 10-24-2008 @ 11:28AM

This story reminds me of when DeNiro got ripped for the movie Raging Bull and then piled on the weight for the final scene that was shot a few months later. I lost 47 pounds in 6 weeks using the Rapidthin diet at www.rapidthin.com. Good luck to all. Use what works for you.

Alice 10-24-2008 @ 11:31AM

I've never seen this girl look anything but gorgeous. I hate her. No, I'm kidding. She lost the weight because she was supposed to look like Diana Ross on whom her character was based, and Diana was a string bean. But Diana looked great in her styles as did Beyonce playing her. She looks fabulous as Etta James because she still has a waist and no gut (hate that word but it's so on the money). In my next life, I'm gonna look just like her.

Jason 10-24-2008 @ 11:36AM

SHE PLAYS THE SAME PART OVER AND OVER AND IS NOT A GOOD ACTRESS SO WHO CARES?

ej 10-24-2008 @ 11:58AM

So Jason........why bother with replying??

kumar 10-24-2008 @ 11:59AM

what looks beyonce has comes from the "white' side of her parentage...mother's side; she would be ugly if both her parents had been black; also, i don't know why she calls her "black" under the cirs