Twiggy reveals secret behind figure (From Gazette Series)

Twiggy reveals secret behind figure

7:42pm Monday 13th October 2008 in

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Twiggy has revealed the secret behind her trim frame - restricting herself to just one pudding a month.

The "world's first supermodel" weighed just six and a half stone in her heyday in the Swinging Sixties.

Her stick-thin look was blamed for spreading anorexia, but Twiggy has always insisted she "ate like a horse" then.

Now Twiggy, 59, has said she has been forced to change her habits and adhere to a strict regime. The M&S model told Closer magazine: "I only allow myself one pudding a month."

She added: "In my early 40s I developed a bit of a middle-age spread, so now I follow a healthy-eating regime. I don't believe in dieting, it's all just so boring."

Now a size ten, she has said: "I always got blamed for inventing anorexia, but I ate like a horse. I just couldn't put on weight. I didn't change until my 30s, after I had my daughter, Carly. Then I started to get curves."

She has blamed the fashion industry and magazines "for putting pressure on girls to be thin".

Twiggy, who was named the Face of '66 thanks to her short-haired androgynous look, has recently returned to the limelight with a succession of TV shows.

She appeared as a judge opposite Tyra Banks in America's Next Top Model and is now fronting a clothes-swapping show, Twiggy's Frock Exchange, for BBC Two.

The star, born Lesley Hornby, has starred in the M&S adverts, also featuring Myleene Klass, Erin O'Connor and Noemie Lenoir, since 2005.